Email Extractor

This repository contains a Python script designed to extract email addresses from a file.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x: Ensure Python 3 is installed on your system.
• Input File: The script requires the input file to be in text format (.txt) and named as text_file. Ensure this file is in the same directory as the script.

Script Overview

email_extractor.py

Author: Mohammad Shadman

Description: This script reads from a text file named text_file.txt, located in the same directory as the script. It uses a regular expression to extract all email addresses found in the file and writes these email addresses to a new text file named extracted_emails.txt.

Usage:

To run the script, use the following command in your terminal:

python email_extractor.py

Functionality:

1. File Reading: Opens and reads the contents of text_file.txt.
2. Email Extraction: Uses a regular expression to identify and extract email addresses from the text.
3. Output:
   • If email addresses are found, the script displays "Found X email addresses. Emails are saved to extracted_emails.txt."
   • If no email addresses are found, it displays "No email addresses found."
   • If text_file.txt is missing, an error message is displayed in the console.

Example:

python email_extractor.py

Expected Output:

• If email addresses are found:

  Found 3 email addresses. Emails are saved to 'extracted_emails.txt'.
  

• If no email addresses are found:

  No email addresses found.
  

• If text_file.txt is not found:

  The file 'text_file.txt' was not found. Please check the file path and try again.
  

• For other exceptions:

  An error occurred: [Error details]
  

Contributing

If you have suggestions or improvements, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.