OT: Extract info from a text file

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 08 July 2008, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I'm trying to help a friend sort out his mailing list :-(
>
> He's given me a [messy] csv file which I saved as a text file.
> It contains all his contacts - names, addresses, email addresses etc.
> I want to extract just the email addresses.
>
> Is there a simple script to extract just the email addresses?
> I tried using google but the results are a bit vague.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Nigel
>
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Have you tried OpenOffice?

Import the file.

Copy the email address column to a new spreadsheet.

Write it out as a txt file or csv or whatever.