Re: How do I extract the "Subject"

On Jul 26,  2:55pm, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> Subject: Re: How do I extract the "Subject"
> When Rajiv Baronia asked:
>
> B> Basically, I would like to extract the "Subject" field from a message
> B> and pass it to a shell program in the form of a variable.
>
> Guy Geens suggested:
>
> G> This should do the trick:
>
> G> SUBJECT=`formail -zxSubject:`   # these are backquotes
>
> G> :0 <flags>
> G> * conditions
> G> | program $SUBJECT
>
> If your version of procmail is new enough to support extraction (and it
> probably is if your version of formail is new enough to have the -z option),
> this is better because it saves a process:
>
>  :0 <flags>
>  * conditions, including this one:
>  * ^Subject:.*\/[^    ].*
>  | program "$MATCH"
> -- End of excerpt from David W. Tamkin

Thanks to Guy Geens and David W. Tamkin, I have found the solution.

In my situation, however, the solution suggested by David works better
for me, as I do not have new formail. Also as David pointed out - it saves
a process.

Again, thanks a bunch!

        - Rajiv