#!/bin/bash
MESSAGE="Line one. /n"
MESSAGE="$MESSAGE Line two. /n"
MESSAGE="$MESSAGE Line three."
echo $MESSAGE | mail -s "test" "[email protected]"
Is that how I should get each line, on its own line?
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A:
Use a heredoc.
mail -s "test" "[email protected]" << END_MAIL
Line one.
Line two.
Line three.
END_MAIL
Matthew Flaschen
2010-02-16 19:16:08
If you quote the first delimiter (here `END_MAIL`) it will prevent parameter expansion, command substitution, etc., which may be desirable.
Dennis Williamson
2010-02-16 20:06:41
+1
A:
The heredoc advice is good, plus you might want to consider using mailx for which there exists a Posix standard or perhaps sendmail which will exist if the mailer is either sendmail or postfix. (I'm not sure about qmail.)
Unless using sendmail, it's also a good idea to set the MAILRC variable to /dev/null to bypass the user's configuration script, if any.
DigitalRoss
2010-02-16 19:29:48
A:
Change:
echo $MESSAGE | mail -s "test" "[email protected]"
To:
echo -e $MESSAGE | mail -s "test" "[email protected]"
Jim
2010-02-16 20:04:58