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ripmime — Extract attachments out of a MIME encoded email package. More information: <https://pldaniels.com/ri

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linux

Problem

How to use the ripmime command: Extract attachments out of a MIME encoded email package. More information: <https://pldaniels.com/ripmime/>.

Solution

ripmime — Extract attachments out of a MIME encoded email package. More information: <https://pldaniels.com/ripmime/>.

Extract file contents in the current directory:

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}}

Extract file contents in a specific directory:

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} -d {{path/to/directory}}

Extract file contents and print verbose output:

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} -v

Get detailed information about the whole decoding process:

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} --debug

Code Snippets

Extract file contents in the current directory

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}}

Extract file contents in a specific directory

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} -d {{path/to/directory}}

Extract file contents and print verbose output

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} -v

Get detailed information about the whole decoding process

ripmime -i {{path/to/file}} --debug

Context

tldr-pages: linux/ripmime

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