s/&/\&/g s/</\</g s/>/\>/g s/"/\"/g 1s/^/<HTML><PRE>/ $s/$/<\/PRE><\/HTML>/
Won't be pretty, but will do what you requested. On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anybody here know of an AWK or sed program to convert mbox files to HTML? > > > > My google (well, ddg) fu has not been very helpful -- I've turned up > proprietary programs to do that, most of which run on Windows :-( > > > > I need to have the source code as I will need to modify the conversion in > some special ways. > > > > I guess I could use something other than AWK or sed, but I'm reluctant to use > (and learn) some other language (including things like Perl, C[++], or > Python, although I think I'd like the syntax of Python the best, just wish it > was compiled instead of interpreted (P-code, iiuc)). > > > > I know that maildir is the currently favored approach for mail storage, but I > have well over 100 MB of emails (or pseudo emails) stored in mbox files, and > want to convert them for easy viewing on the Internet (by anyone). > > > > Thanks!
