I am looking to rename many eml files in a folder with the date+time received and keep subject of the email such as in this help article:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8189528?page=2
However I also need the Subject of the email added.
Can anyone help?
These two Community Members seem to know alot about this, but I cannot message them directly.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Ok, after some more research, I figured out my own answer:
Add the lines:
try
set the_subject to (do shell script "grep -m 1 ^\"Subject: \" " & the_path)
on error
set the_subject to "No Subject"
end try
I also added in these lines to remove some invalid characters in the email subjects.
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, ": ", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, ":", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, "/", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, " :(", "")
-- A sub-routine for replacing characters in strings:
-- http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-06.html
Ok, after some more research, I figured out my own answer:
Add the lines:
try
set the_subject to (do shell script "grep -m 1 ^\"Subject: \" " & the_path)
on error
set the_subject to "No Subject"
end try
I also added in these lines to remove some invalid characters in the email subjects.
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, ": ", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, ":", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, "/", "-")
set the_subject to replace_chars(the_subject, " :(", "")
-- A sub-routine for replacing characters in strings:
-- http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-06.html
Kudos! :)
Both very knowledgeable. :)
Rename EML Files with Date-Time-Subject
