Time machine mail search

emailsearch.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Email search script
# by Stan Hutcheon

if [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] || [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
	echo 'usage: emailsearch [volume] [user] [backupname] [backupvolume] [query]'
	exit
fi

if [[ "$1" ]]; then
	VOLUME="$1"
fi
if [[ "$2" ]]; then
	TUSER="$2"
fi
if [[ "$3" ]]; then
	BACKUP="$3"
fi
if [[ "$4" ]]; then
	BVOLUME="$4"
fi
if [[ "$5" ]]; then
	QUERY="$5"
fi


if [[ -d "/Volumes/Time Machine" ]]; then
	VOLUME="Time Machine"
fi
if [[ ! "$VOLUME" ]]; then
	echo 'Begin by entering your time machine volume from the list below:'
	ls -1 /Volumes
	echo -n '>'
	read VOLUME
fi

ABSVOLUME="/Volumes/$VOLUME"

if [[ ! -d "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb" ]]; then
	echo 'ERROR: no backup directory found'
	exit
fi

if [[ ! -d "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$USER" ]] && [[ ! "$TUSER" ]]; then
	echo 'Please specify which time machine user backups to use:'
	ls -1 "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb"
	echo -n '>'
	read TUSER
else
	TUSER="$USER"
fi
if [[ ! -d "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER" ]]; then
	echo 'ERROR: user folder doesnt exist'
	exit
fi

if [[ ! "$BACKUP" ]]; then
	echo 'Please choose a backup date and enter it below:'
	sleep 1
	ls -1 "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER/"
	echo -n '>'
	read BACKUP
fi
if [[ ! -d "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER/$BACKUP" ]]; then
	echo 'ERROR: Backup date not found'
	exit
fi

if [[ ! "$BVOLUME" ]]; then
	echo 'Please choose a backup volume and enter it below:'
	ls -1 "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER/$BACKUP"
	echo -n '>'
	read BVOLUME
fi
if [[ ! -d "$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER/$BACKUP/$BVOLUME" ]]; then
	echo 'ERROR: Backup volume not found'
	exit
fi

if [[ ! "$QUERY" ]]; then
	echo 'Please enter your search query:'
	read QUERY
fi

FULLPATH="$ABSVOLUME/Backups.backupdb/$TUSER/$BACKUP/$BVOLUME"

find "$FULLPATH/Users/$TUSER/Library/Mail/V2" -name "*.emlx" -exec grep -l "$QUERY" {} \;