MATCHERRC2PERLFILTER(1)

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version 4.4.0 · 6 versions
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✨ MATCHERRC2PERLFILTER ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is matcherrc2perlfilter(1) from the Claws Mail corner of the universe and I am obsessed with how simple it is 💖

💅 NAME 💅

matcherrc2perlfilter — convert matcherrc rules to Perl 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, this manual page documents briefly the matcherrc2perlfilter. that's the whole vibe. short king energy.

this manual page was written for the Debian™ distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. not me being the only documentation, main character energy fr fr 😭

here's what the script actually does: it converts matcherrc filtering rules (the default rules format, yk the classic one) into perl_filter rules, so you can use them with the claws-mail-perl-filter plugin of the Claws Mail mailer. it's giving translator. it's giving glow-up for your rules. periodt ✨

🎀 USAGE 🎀

matcherrc2perlfilter

no arguments required. none. zero. it's a no-thoughts-just-vibes situation.

conversion is done for current user only — so it's YOUR rules, your account, your little corner of the filesystem 🫶

🦋 FILES 🦋

  • ~/.claws-mail/matcherrc — the input file where your standard filtering rules lie. this is the before picture 💖
  • ~/.claws-mail/perl_filter — the output file written by this script. converted rules are appended if the file already exists, so be careful when running the script more than once 👀
⚠️ ok so listen: appended. not overwritten. not replaced. APPENDED. run it twice and you get double the rules, bestie. consider yourself warned 💀

💜 CAVEATS 💜

real talk: this conversion script doesn't produce nice Perl code and is just intended to get you started. it's not a final form, it's a starter pack 🌈

if you choose to use the Perl plugin, consider rewriting your rules. lowkey highkey the move. your future self will thank you 🧚

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

  • Holger Berndt <berndth@gmx.de> — wrote the matcherrc2perlfilter script. king behavior 💅
  • Ricardo Mones <mones@debian.org> — wrote this manpage for the Debian system. the icon, the legend, the moment 🎀

Copyright © 2006-2020 Ricardo Mones

this manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others). sharing is caring fr fr.

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was version 4.4.0-1build1, dated 2026-08-21, and it ate. no cap. go convert those rules and slay ✨👑

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