Extract the message body (in HTML) from an Adobe ColdFusion saved mail file

cfmail-to-html.sh

#!/bin/bash

cfmailfile=${1:-_}

script_name="$( basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"
script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"

usage() {
  echo "Usage: $script_name cfmailfile"
  exit 1
}
error() {
  echo "Error: $1"
  exit 1
}


if [ "$cfmailfile" == "_" ]; then
	usage
fi
if [ ! -r "$cfmailfile" ]; then
	error "File name found: $cfmailfile"
fi

# The Adobe ColdFusion mail storage format prefixes lines with 'body:  '
# We'll preserve lines that are just whitespace in case the author thought it was important
grep -E '^body:  ' "$cfmailfile" | sed -e 's/^body:  //'