MIMEDECODE(1)

📦 version 1.053, in alpine 3.24

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is mimedecode — yes, the MIMEDECODE(1) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — and it is literally here to extract MIME attachments in uudecode-like manner. slay. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mimedecode [-d directory] < file

mimedecode [-d directory] file...

Two moods, same icon energy: pipe a file in through stdin, or pass it file.... The -d directory part is optional both times. ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here’s the tea: mimedecode processes mail files using the MIME::Parser module — no cap. It handles multipart messages and saves attached files (i.e. parts with suggested file names) to their suggested names. 🫶

Where do they land? In the directory specified after -d, or in the current directory if -d is not given. periodt. 🎀

🐛 BUGS 🐛

  • It needs the module installed. 💀
  • Should probably consider more of headers in deciding if it really is a useful attachment. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Slapped together by Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com> — iconic behavior, honestly. 🌈

k bye bestie! this page was served up by perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-02-15 — mwah 💋

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