Clean

clean

A PERL script that edits e-mail messages that have been saved as a file. Many of us get a lot of Junk Mail. The script strips away headers and if you received mail thats been around you probably have a lot of lines with ">". The thing is clean strips away the junk and keeps the heart the message. If you don't like the way "clean" edits a file, don't worry it always saves a the original with a ".old" extension unless specify otherwise.

1. Download whack:
   • get clean
2. You will probably need to change the following (with any text editor):
   The first line (it should point to your perl executable)
   
   • #!/usr/local/bin/perl
   If you don't know where to look, try:
   
   • % which perl
   This will give you the path of your executeable
3. Make sure the script is executable:
   • % chmod 755 clean
4. Look at the options:
   • % clean -h
5. Try it. You'll like it:
   • % clean e-mail_filename

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