Eml2csv : shell script to extract To/From/Subject/Date from eml files inside a folder

Eml2csv.sh

#!/bin/bash
FILES=*.eml
TARGET=./emails.csv

SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
echo "To\tFrom\tSubj\tDate" >> $TARGET
for f in $FILES
do
  echo "Processing $f file..."
  # take action on each file. $f store current file name
  EMLTO=$(grep "^To" < $f | sed -e "s/To://g")
  EMLFROM=$(grep "^From" < $f | sed -e "s/From://g")
  EMLSUBJ=$(grep "^Subject" < $f | sed -e "s/Subject://g")
  EMLDATE=$(grep "^Date" < $f | sed -e "s/Date://g")
  echo -e "${EMLTO//[$'\t\r\n']}\t${EMLFROM//[$'\t\r\n']}\t${EMLSUBJ//[$'\t\r\n']}\t${EMLDATE//[$'\t\r\n']}" >> $TARGET
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS

Thanks for posting this Gautier, was exactly what I was looking for! 😃