notes/get all pdf attachments from mail box file mbox-X349JF3h.sh
#!/bin/bash
dir="attachments"
pw="password"
echo "Reading Mailbox File..."
csplit --digits=2 --quiet -k --prefix=outfile Gmail.mbox "/--/+1" "{*}"
echo "Creating Attachment Folder..."
mkdir $dir
echo "Finding all pdf files..."
grep -l 'application/pdf; name="11OCCHIPI' out*|\
while read file
do
mv $file $dir
done
echo "Removing Temp files..."
rm outfile*
cd $dir
echo "Converting Files..."
for i in outfile*
do
echo "$i"
awk -v nr="$(wc -l < $i)" 'NR>8 && NR<(nr-1)' $i > $i.b64
dos2unix $i.b64
base64 -d $i.b64 > $i.pdf
pdftops -upw $pw $i.pdf
ps2pdf $i.ps
pdftotext $i.pdf
name=$(grep '/20' $i.txt|head -n 1|tr '/' '_')
mv $i.pdf $name.pdf
echo $name.pdf
rm $i.ps
rm $i.b64
rm $i
done
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