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Old 08-10-2011
Bug mail function - script not working

Code:
#!/bin/bash
{
m()
$mail='("$someemail@gmail.com ", Cc:"$me" -t,   Subject:"$emailmyself" -s, $someinputfile")'
}

what I am trying to do is create a function have it load when type the letter "m" so all have to do type an address after it send email. it tell me syntax on line 4 but which one??

Last edited by pludi; 08-10-2011 at 04:32 PM..
# 2  
Old 08-31-2011
Some time ago I wrote a script "fmail" which uses mailx program and is
able to write simple text mails as well as sending attachments, too.
Maybe you can make some use out of it. After starting the script with the desired
command line arguments it enters into editing mode, where you may write message body text.
Entering a single "." on a line (followed by Return key) sends the message.
Code:
#!/bin/sh

test $# -eq 0 && echo "usage: `basename $0` user@host [filename(s)]" && exit 0

myaddr=yourname@yourdomain

if test "$1" == "me"; then
  addr=$myaddr
else
  addr=`expr match "$1" '\(.*@.*\)'`
  test -n "$addr" || (echo "malformed email address: $1"; exit 1) || exit 1
fi
shift

from="-r $myaddr"

metoo=""
if test "$addr" != $myaddr; then
  metoo="-c $myaddr"
fi

if test $# -eq 0; then
  echo mailx $from $metoo $addr
  env MAILRC=/dev/null mailx $from $metoo $addr
  exit 0
fi

for fname in $@; do
  test -f "$fname" || (echo "file $fname does not exist"; exit 1) || continue
  fdir=`dirname $fname`
  fbase=`basename $fname`
  subject="${subject}${sep}${fbase}"
  fileargs="${fileargs}${sep}-a \"$fname\""
  sep=" "
done

echo mailx -s \"$subject\" $fileargs $from $metoo $addr
eval env MAILRC=/dev/null mailx -s \"$subject\" $fileargs $from $metoo $addr

# 3  
Old 08-31-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ericde
it tell me syntax on line 4 but which one??
I can't tell what you're even trying to do. It looks like you might be trying to declare a function? and feed an array into a command?

What would you actually be typing if you weren't using the 'm' command?
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