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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How do I stop printf output from going into seperate txt files Post 302081508 by chrchcol on Tuesday 25th of July 2006 10:28:53 PM
Old 07-25-2006
THIS IS A NEW ISSUE. I am having mail command problems.
Here is the code
[CODE]
printf "%-75s%+10s %5s %1s \n" $s $z $x $y >> status

mail -s "Uploads!" -c "chris.collins@fuse.net" susant < status




Here are the two issues-

1) the format that printf allowed me to have where my output was in columns is messed up when I mail it to an email address. It no longer lines up in columns.

2) The other issue is I am recieving multiple emails with this mail commad, instead of just 1??? I am not sure if this is a printf issue or a mail issue?

Chris
 

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mail

mail(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  mail(1B)

NAME

       mail, Mail - interactive message processing system

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/mail ...

       /usr/ucb/Mail ...

DESCRIPTION

       /usr/ucb/mail and /usr/ucb/Mail are provided as links to /usr/bin/mailx. See mailx(1) for more information on the usage of these commands.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

   /usr/ucb/mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

   /usr/ucb/Mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mailx(1),attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    19 Aug 1998 							  mail(1B)
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