---
name: "lr_getbody"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lire"
version: "2.1.1-8"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lr_getbody"
---

# lr\_getbody(1)

Extract file, sender and subject information from an email

## NAME

lr\_getbody - Extract file, sender and subject information from an email

## SYNOPSIS

eval \`**lr\_getbody** \[**-c** ***content-type***\] \<messagefile\>\`

## DESCRIPTION

**lr\_getbody** reads an email message on stdin (or specified as argument), will extract the submitter address and the subject from that email. It will also extract the biggest attachment or the first one having a content-type matching the *content-type* argument.

This information is passed to the caller by printing that information in a format suitable for eval. The following variable will be printed on STDOUT:

- lr\_getbody\_SUBMITTER

  Email address of the submitter. That is the first email that is found in the headers (searched in the following order): Reply-To, From, Sender. This will only contains the address portion (without the \<\>).

- lr\_getbody\_TO

  The email address to which the email was sent.

- lr\_getbody\_SUBJECT

  Subject of the message. That string is sanitized.

- lr\_getbody\_DATE

  The date of the message. That string is sanitized.

- lr\_getbody\_FILE

  Path to the temporary file holding the found attachment.

- lr\_getbody\_OK

  This will be set if the operation was completed successfully. It is possible for **lr\_getbody** to fail to extract the attachment, but the header information might still be available.

This script is used by [**lr\_processmail**(1)](/lr_processmail/1.md) and [**lr\_rawmail2mail**(1)](/lr_rawmail2mail/1.md).

## VERSION

`$Id:` lr\_getbody.in,v 1.10 2006/07/23 13:16:33 vanbaal Exp $

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2002 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

## AUTHOR

Francis J. Lacoste \<flacoste@logreport.org\>