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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Using Variable As Input For mailx Post 302207625 by GregWold on Friday 20th of June 2008 11:58:27 AM
Old 06-20-2008
spirtle,

I have the backticks because that's the example I found. I'm still a noob and don't know any better. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion! Here's the final code:

Code:
   BODY=`cat <<EOF
Please run Event $EVENT (${DC}CAHOLD) for the $UL_TIME Upload. Thanks!

Stats For $UL_FILE
----------------------
Records  : $LINE_COUNT

Started  : $START_TIME
Finished : $FINISH_TIME

*** NOTE ***
This is not a production script.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This e-mail was automatically generated by $SCRIPT_NAME on $HOST_NAME. Please do not reply.
EOF`

`mailx -s "$SUBJECT" "$TO" <<EOF
$BODY`
EOF 2>/dev/null

And I do have to use both sets of backticks, otherwise it won't work for me (HP-UX B.11.23 U ia64 in ksh). It kept giving me a "ulgen_report.bak[24]: syntax error at line 172 : `<<' unmatched" error. So I added the 2nd set of backticks and it works great.

Joey,

Thanks for the suggestion too. I had thought of it, but kind of wanted to keep all the code in a variable. I may use it instead, I don't know. But thanks to you, I have that option.
 

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gnomevfs-cat

gnomevfs-cat(1)                                                    User Commands                                                   gnomevfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI             Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server

       example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat   Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWgnome-vfs                |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability          |External                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10                                                          6 Sep 2004                                                     gnomevfs-cat(1)
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