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I have a script on all the machines on my network that lists how many updates are available for each machine, and then outputs the answer to a file called updates.txt

the output shows the hostname and the number of updates, like:

Code:

computer_A  7

I want all these machines to output the data to one single file on a network share, and then have the content of this file emailed to 4 people.

so the file on the network share should look like:

Code:

Computer_A   3
Computer_B    6
Computer_C    1

etc...

what can I put in my script to have the data sent to a file called filex on a share called share1 with the username administrator and the password being password?

How can I use mailx or a similar command to have the contents of of filex to be emailed to mike @ email.com, bill @ email.com, will @ email.com and bernadette @ email.com ?

Thanks so much!

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