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Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses

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nomdeplume82008@googlemail.com wrote on 19. August 2014:
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> My scripting is a v. rusty and I am trying to write a script that will extract unique email addresses from an out Outlook file to build an address book.
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> In the output file, all the email addresses should preferably be in a single alphabetical column.
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> Any suggestions on how to do it? 

Isn't the Outlook file something proprietary? You might need to get some
plain text out of it first. Then some Perl or awk could extract the email
addresses from it.
-- 
Andreas

I wish my grass was emo. Then it would cut itself.

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Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses nomdeplume82008@googlemail.com - 2014-08-19 10:19 -0700
  Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-19 16:40 -0400
    Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-20 14:21 +0100
      Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses nomdeplume82008@googlemail.com - 2014-08-20 08:52 -0700
        Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-20 18:26 -0400
          Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses nomdeplume82008@googlemail.com - 2014-08-20 21:10 -0700
            Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-21 18:07 -0400
          Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-08-21 10:53 +0100
            Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-21 18:03 -0400
        Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-21 03:34 -0400
          Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-21 12:12 +0100
          Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 12:12 +0100
            Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-21 14:22 +0100
              Write it in C... (Was: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-21 13:42 +0000
                Re: Write it in C... (Was: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-21 15:23 +0100
                Re: Write it in C... Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-21 16:17 +0000
                Re: Write it in C... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-21 18:42 +0100
                Re: Write it in C... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-08-21 18:38 +0000
        Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2014-09-24 13:18 +0000
          Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-09-25 01:49 +1000
            Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2014-09-25 09:34 +0000
  Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2014-09-29 00:17 +0000
    Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-29 00:52 +0000
      Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-09-29 01:13 +0000
    Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-29 07:40 +0100
    Re: Script to parse a text file and extract unique email addresses Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-09-29 09:52 +0300

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