mimedecode1
Usage
mimedecode [{-h | -d
<debug
level>}]
<
encoded_msg
>
decoded_msg
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the mimedecode command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
mimedecode performs the decoding of transfer encoded text type mime messages. The message in its entirety is read from stdin. The decoded message is written to stdout; hence, this program behaves as a filter which may be placed wherever convenient.
It is assumed that the message has reached its point of final delivery and at that point 8-bit text types can be handled natively. Hence, the need for transfer-encodings is not present any more.
Only some cases are handled:
- Encoded header fields are decoded from QP or B encoding.
- The charset is assumed to be iso-8859-1
- Part or subparts of content-type text only are decoded
- All other content-types are passed transparently
Options
This program accepts the follwing options:
-
-h -
Switch on header logging
- -d <debug level>
-
Enable debugging output at level: <debug level>.