Extracts contact details (first name, surname, email) from the headers of an email. Takes as a command line argument a program to be run on the discovered contacts. E.g. a script to add them to custom address book.
E.g. An example use is
fetch_friends.rb add_vcard.sh < myemail.eml
where the example script add_vcard.sh is provided and takes the arguments
add_vcard.sh <name> <surname> <email>
and adds the contact to a vcard file. Running the fetch_friends.rb command will result in
0: Holly +++ Herndon +++ h.herndon@googlemail.com
1: Johan +++ Surrballe Wieth +++ weith@iceage.sg
2: Cleo +++ Tucker +++ cleo@worldisbig.com
3: Corin +++ Tucker +++ tucker@digmeout.com
Which to add? ('y[e]' all, 'n' none, or '1[e] 4[e] 5-7[e]', optional 'e' to edit)
The user can select which to add, optionally editing them. E.g.
1-3
to add numbers 1, 2, and 3. This will result in the add_vcard.sh command being called on all three, adding them to the vcard file.
To use with Mutt -- supposing you copy the scripts to ~/bin/ and want to run add_vcard.sh on all found contacts -- add the following line to your muttrc:
macro pager,index \Ca ":exec pipe-message<enter>~/bin/fetch_friends.rb ~/bin/add_vcard.sh<enter>"
Then just press ctrl-a on an email.
You might also want to add
set pipe_decode = yes