10-07-2008
End of record markers
I have a file with thousands of 80 character records.
Unfortunately, there are no end of record characters, so any normal script commands that I've tried will process the entire file as one record.
I.E. If I use grep to find the record that contains some specific value, I either get nothing if it's not found, or the entire file, regardless of how many times the string exists. Obviously, I only want the 80 character records that have the string I'm looking for.
How can I convert the file to be true 80 character records so I can use normal script commands?
Thanks
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Mail(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail(3pm)
NAME
Palm::Mail - Handler for Palm Mail databases.
SYNOPSIS
use Palm::Mail;
DESCRIPTION
The Mail PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It parses Mail databases.
AppInfo block
The AppInfo block begins with standard category support. See Palm::StdAppInfo for details.
Other fields include:
$pdb->{appinfo}{sortOrder}
$pdb->{appinfo}{unsent}
$pdb->{appinfo}{sigOffset}
I don't know what these are.
Sort block
$pdb->{sort}
This is a scalar, the raw data of the sort block.
Records
$record = $pdb->{records}[N]
$record->{year}
$record->{month}
$record->{day}
$record->{hour}
$record->{minute}
The message's timestamp.
$record->{is_read}
This is defined and true iff the message has been read.
$record->{has_signature}
For outgoing messages, this is defined and true iff the message should have a signature attached. The signature itself is stored in the
"Saved Preferences.prc" database, and is of type "mail" with ID 2.
$record->{confirm_read}
If this is defined and true, then the sender requests notification when the message has been read.
$record->{confirm_delivery}
If this is defined and true, then the sender requests notification when the message has been delivered.
$record->{priority}
An integer in the range 0-2, for high, normal, or low priority, respectively.
$record->{addressing}
An integer in the range 0-2, indicating the addressing type: To, Cc, or Bcc respectively. I don't know what this means.
$record->{subject}
$record->{from}
$record->{to}
$record->{cc}
$record->{bcc}
$record->{replyTo}
$record->{sentTo}
Strings, the various header fields.
$record->{body}
A string, the body of the message.
METHODS
new
$pdb = new Palm::Mail;
Create a new PDB, initialized with the various Palm::Mail fields and an empty record list.
Use this method if you're creating a Mail PDB from scratch.
new_Record
$record = $pdb->new_Record;
Creates a new Mail record, with blank values for all of the fields.
"new_Record" does not add the new record to $pdb. For that, you want "$pdb->append_Record".
Note: the time given by the "year", "month", "day", "hour", and "minute" fields in the new record are initialized to the time when the
record was created. They should be reset to the time when the message was sent.
SOURCE CONTROL
The source is in Github:
http://github.com/briandfoy/p5-Palm/tree/master
AUTHOR
Alessandro Zummo, "<a.zummo@towertech.it>"
Currently maintained by brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
SEE ALSO
Palm::PDB(3)
Palm::StdAppInfo(3)
perl v5.10.1 2010-02-23 Mail(3pm)