#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Extracts email addresses from one or more plain text files.
#
# Notes:
# - Does not save to file (pipe the output to a file if you want it saved).
# - Does not check for duplicates (which can easily be done in the terminal).
#
# (c) 2013 Dennis Ideler <ideler.dennis@gmail.com>
from optparse import OptionParser
import os.path
import re
regex = re.compile(("([a-z0-9!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`"
"{|}~-]+)*(@|\sat\s)(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?(\.|"
"\sdot\s))+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)"))
def file_to_str(filename):
"""Returns the contents of filename as a string."""
with open(filename) as f:
return f.read().lower() # Case is lowered to prevent regex mismatches.
def get_emails(s):
"""Returns an iterator of matched emails found in string s."""
# Removing lines that start with '//' because the regular expression
# mistakenly matches patterns like 'http://foo@bar.com' as '//foo@bar.com'.
return (email[0] for email in re.findall(regex, s) if not email[0].startswith('//'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
parser = OptionParser(usage="Usage: python %prog [FILE]...")
# No options added yet. Add them here if you ever need them.
options, args = parser.parse_args()
if not args:
parser.print_usage()
exit(1)
for arg in args:
if os.path.isfile(arg):
for email in get_emails(file_to_str(arg)):
print email
else:
print '"{}" is not a file.'.format(arg)
parser.print_usage()