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# 1  
Old 05-29-2014
How to use HTML in UNIX Bash Scripting?
I am planning to run an automation , Could anyone try to help me to how to write an html in unix scripting so when I try to send email it should work especially with Bold and colors
# 2  
Old 05-29-2014
Welcome to forums,

This is one way

Code:
$ echo "<html><b>This is bold</b></html>" | mail -a "Content-type: text/html;" -s "Testing" user@domain.com

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# 3  
Old 05-29-2014
can you tell me how to wite one by one
and in colors say for red color
# 4  
Old 05-29-2014
You can use font color attribute or style even,
example :

Code:
<p><font color="red">this is red</font></p>

Code:
<p style='color:red;'>This is red</p>

if you are new to html, you may go through some tutorial from here
# 5  
Old 05-29-2014
But anyways I do not get all these in email my email is blank:
# 6  
Old 05-29-2014
Okay try this script

Code:
$ cat email_content.html
<html><b>This is bold</b></html>

Code:
# !/bin/sh  
  
  
from='from@domain.com'  
to='to@domain.com'  
  
email_content='/absolute/path/to/email_content.html'  
email_subject='Your subject goes here'  
  
  
function send_email(){  
    email_date=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S")  
    echo $email_date  
  
    email_subject=$email_subject"__"$email_date  
    echo $email_subject  
  
    cat $email_content | formail -I "From: $from" -I "MIME-Version:1.0" -I "Content-type:text/html;charset=gb2312" -I "Subject: $email_subject" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi $to  
  
}  
  
send_email

# 7  
Old 06-03-2014
when I try to send to many DLs it is not working:<
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