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Old 06-21-2013
How to email the current directory?

Hi, I'm very new to Unix, but have been given a command to type in which is :

Code:
mail -s <email subject goes here>  <my email address> <success.txt

this command is quite a basic one and sends an email containing the contents of the file "success.txt" to whatever email I put in with the subject of the email after the -s and works fine. What I would like to do is replace the subject of the email with the current folder name, but don't want to type it in directly I want Unix to enter the follder name automatically, is this possible, maybe by using the "pwd" command?

Last edited by Scott; 06-21-2013 at 04:38 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 06-21-2013
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Originally Posted by rnmuk
Hi, I'm very new to Unix, but have been given a command to type in which is :

Code:
mail -s <email subject goes here>  <my email address> <success.txt

this command is quite a basic one and sends an email containing the contents of the file "success.txt" to whatever email I put in with the subject of the email after the -s and works fine. What I would like to do is replace the subject of the email with the current folder name, but don't want to type it in directly I want Unix to enter the follder name automatically, is this possible, maybe by using the "pwd" command?
If you're using a shell that accepts basic Bourne shell syntax (such as a Bourne shell, bash, or ksh), you can just use:
Code:
mail -s "$PWD" <my email address> <success.txt

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Old 06-21-2013
excellent

Thank you Don Cragun, that works perfectly, excellent.
 
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