Re: to much list info

[Hans Zoebelein <zocki@goldfish.cube.net>]

Removing the disclaimer at the end of each mail
is really easy under LINUX/UNIX using the command "grep"
The following script file will do the work for you.

Save this mail as a file called "stripme". 
Edit the file and remove all stuff before and after 
"---snip-snip---". (Remove line "---snip-snip---" also).

Copy "stripme" into the directory where your mail 
file sits ( normally /home/YOUR_NICKNAME/mail )
Change the variable MAILFILE to the real name of your 
mail file (normally "saved-messages"). Make "stripme" executable:

"chmod uog+x stripme"

Fire up "stripme" and the disclaimer is gone (but hopefully not
your mail file :) A backup of your original mail file will saved
in saved-messages.<process_id_no>.

----Snip-Snip-Snip----
#!/bin/sh
#
#stripme
#
# remove some lines from $MAILFILE
# put this file into your directory, where your
# mail file sits.

# adapt MAILFILE to your real mailbox file name 
MAILFILE=saved-messages 
MAILFILE_NEW=saved-messages.new
MAILFILE_BAK=saved-messages.$$

# all lines containing these strings will vanish
REMOVE_ME1="Blinux software archive at"
REMOVE_ME2="Blinux web page at"
REMOVE_ME3="To unsubscribe send mail to"
REMOVE_ME4="with subject line:" 

# if your box creashes during work...
cp $MAILFILE $MAILFILE_BAK

cat $MAILFILE \   
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME1" \  
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME2" \    
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME3" \ 
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME4" > $MAILFILE_NEW
                                         
mv $MAILFILE_NEW $MAILFILE

----Snip-Snip-Snip----

Hans



On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I save many of the list messages to get a base of helpful data for when I 
> transission to lynnex. 
> 
> Could we illiminate the subscription and unsubscribe from the end of each message?
> 
> Those who are on the list should already know this, so repeating it just
> wastes disk space.
> 
> Thanks much
>