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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#!/usr/bin/perl -w&lt;br /&gt;
 #&lt;br /&gt;
 # Sample script to scan RT ticket attachments for a 4 digit number&lt;br /&gt;
 # following the string &amp;quot;important number&amp;quot; and add the value to&lt;br /&gt;
 # a custom field called &amp;quot;CustomField&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
 #&lt;br /&gt;
 # It&amp;#039;s an example of scanning attachchments and setting a custom field&lt;br /&gt;
 # from an external Perl script&lt;br /&gt;
 #&lt;br /&gt;
 # author    rmeden@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;
 #&lt;br /&gt;
 use strict;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 use lib (&amp;quot;/path/to/rt/lib&amp;quot;);  # Change this to your RT lib path!&lt;br /&gt;
 use RT::Interface::CLI qw(CleanEnv GetCurrentUser GetMessageContent loc);&lt;br /&gt;
 use RT::Tickets;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 select STDERR; $|=1;&lt;br /&gt;
 select STDOUT; $|=1;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 # Clean our environment&lt;br /&gt;
 CleanEnv();&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 # Load the RT configuration&lt;br /&gt;
 RT::LoadConfig();&lt;br /&gt;
 RT::Init();&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 my $tickets = new RT::Tickets($RT::SystemUser); # Used to store Ticket search results&lt;br /&gt;
 $tickets-&amp;amp;gt;LimitStatus(VALUE =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;new&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
 $tickets-&amp;amp;gt;LimitStatus(VALUE =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;open&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
 $tickets-&amp;amp;gt;LimitCustomField(CUSTOMFIELD =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;CustomField&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
                            OPERATOR    =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;quot;is&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
                            VALUE       =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;quot;NULL&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 # Loop through tickets&lt;br /&gt;
 while (my $Ticket = $tickets-&amp;amp;gt;Next) {&lt;br /&gt;
     my $NUM=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
     #&lt;br /&gt;
     # Scan attachments and keep latest value&lt;br /&gt;
     #&lt;br /&gt;
     my $txns = $Ticket-&amp;amp;gt;Transactions;&lt;br /&gt;
     while (my $txn = $txns-&amp;amp;gt;Next ) {&lt;br /&gt;
        my $attachments = RT::Attachments-&amp;amp;gt;new($txn-&amp;amp;gt;CurrentUser);&lt;br /&gt;
        $attachments-&amp;amp;gt;Limit( FIELD =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;TransactionID&amp;#039;, VALUE =&amp;amp;gt; $txn-&amp;amp;gt;id );&lt;br /&gt;
        $attachments-&amp;amp;gt;OrderBy( FIELD =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;Id&amp;#039;, ORDER =&amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;ASC&amp;#039; );&lt;br /&gt;
        while ( my $a = $attachments-&amp;amp;gt;Next ) {&lt;br /&gt;
               next unless $a-&amp;amp;gt;ContentEncoding eq &amp;quot;none&amp;quot;;&lt;br /&gt;
               $NUM=$1 if $a-&amp;amp;gt;Content =~ /important number (\d{4})/m;&lt;br /&gt;
           }&lt;br /&gt;
       }&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
      next unless $NUM; # nothing found?&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
      printf &amp;quot;Setting Ticket %d Important Number %d\n&amp;quot;,$Ticket-&amp;amp;gt;id,$NUM;&lt;br /&gt;
      $Ticket-&amp;amp;gt;AddCustomFieldValue(Field=&amp;amp;gt;&amp;quot;CustomField&amp;quot;,Value=&amp;amp;gt;$NUM,RecordTransaction=&amp;amp;gt;0);&lt;br /&gt;
  } # Ticket loop&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 $RT::Handle-&amp;amp;gt;Disconnect();&lt;br /&gt;
 exit;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Admin</name></author>
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