---
name: "ripole"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ripole"
version: "0.2.0+20081101.0215-3"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ripole"
---

# ripole(1)

extracts attachments from OLE2 data files (ie, MS Office docs).

## NAME

ripole - extracts attachments from OLE2 data files (ie, MS Office docs).

## SYNOPSIS

**ripole** -i \<ole2\_file\> -d \<directory\> \[--save-unknown-streams\] \[--version\|-V\] \[--verbose\|-v\] \[--debug\] \[--help\|-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ripole** is a small program/library designed to pull out attachments from OLE2 data files.

It can handle most of Microsoft Office documents like "doc" (Word), "xls" (Excel) or "ppt" (Powerpoint).

## OPTIONS

- *-i \<ole2\_file\>*

  Input OLE2 file (usually any Microsoft Office document).

- *-d \<directory\>*

  Extract attachments to \<directory\>.

- *--save-unknown-streams*

  Extract unknown attachements too.

- *--version, -V*

  Print ripOLE version.

- *--verbose, -v*

  Print verbose output.

- *--debug*

  Print debugging information.

- *--help, -h*

  Show this help.

## EXAMPLE

**ripole** -i xam-doc1.doc -v -d tmp\
 Decoding filename=short-XAMIME.dat\
 Decoding filename=mp71.exe\
 Decoding filename=MPSetup.exe

## SEE ALSO

**Homepage:** http://www.pldaniels.com/ripole/

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Adam Cecile \<gandalf@le-vert.net\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.