Command-line tool

ripmime

brew/ripmime

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Extract attachments out of MIME encoded email packages

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ripmime

Linux

brew install ripmime

Extract file contents in the current directory

ripmime -i path/to/file

Extract file contents in a specific directory

ripmime -i path/to/file -d path/to/directory

Extract file contents and print verbose output

ripmime -i path/to/file -v

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• Email

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