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git-mailsplit(1)
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NAME
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git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] [--mboxrd]
		-o<directory> [--] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...]

DESCRIPTION
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Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the
specified directory so you can process them further from there.

IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
patches in the correct order.

OPTIONS
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<mbox>::
	Mbox file to split.  If not given, the mbox is read from
	the standard input.

<Maildir>::
	Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
	and new subdirectories.

-o<directory>::
	Directory in which to place the individual messages.

-b::
	If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
	single mail message instead of signaling an error.

-d<prec>::
	Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
	different precision can be specified for the generated
	filenames.

-f<nn>::
	Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified,
	start the numbering with 0004.

--keep-cr::
	Do not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`.

--mboxrd::
	Input is of the "mboxrd" format and "^>+From " line escaping is
	reversed.

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

Title: git-mailsplit - UNIX mbox Splitter Program
Summary
The git-mailsplit program splits a mbox file or Maildir into individual message files for further processing, providing various options for customizing the output and handling different mail formats, including the ability to specify output directory, filename precision, and skipping initial messages, as well as supporting different input formats such as mboxrd.