822field

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NAME

822field - print the value of a header field in a mail message

SYNOPSIS

822field [ [+]name ]

DESCRIPTION

822field reads an 822-format mail message from its standard input. For each header field named name, 822field prints one line containing the value of the field.

If there is no such field, 822field exits 100.

Field names supplied to 822field may be partial only and are compared case-insensitive.

SUBJECT FIELD

If name is not supplied, 822field looks for Subject fields. The subject line(s) are matter of decoding the received information according to quoted-printable and BASE64. As result, the decoded Subject lines are displayed rather than the original ones. NOTE: The Subject may span several lines which however are 'condensed' shown on one line and may include an artificial white space character in the beginning.

PREFIXING

If the field name supplied to 822field is prefixed with a + like +ARC, additionally the retrieved field names are shown in the output prepended by its values.

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