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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Echo print in different lines within email sent by Cron job Post 302469899 by cgkmal on Monday 8th of November 2010 03:02:52 PM
Old 11-08-2010
Echo print in different lines within email sent by Cron job
Hi all,

I think this could have a simple solution, just I canīt get it so far.
I have the script below that includes several echo commands in order
to show that every part of the script have been executed. A cron job
executes this script and when is completed the output is sent by email.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/sh

echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 1   +++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"

FILE1=$(ls)
for each in $FILE1
do echo "Processing $each...\n";
done

echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 2   +++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"

FILE2=$(ls *.txt)
for each in $FILE2
do echo "Processing $each...\n";
done

echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++++   WORK DONE  ++++++++++++++++"
echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"

I only want to receive the output sent by the Cron job
correctly formatted(each echo print in different line)
as shown below:

Code:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 1   +++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Processing filename1.txt
Processing filename2.txt
Processing filename3.txt
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 2   +++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Processing filename4.txt
.
.
.
Processing filenameN.txt
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++   WORK DONE  ++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I`ve tested adding \n at the end of every echo command but doesn`t seem to work.
The current output I get in the email received is continuos echo prints like this:

Code:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 1   +++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Processing filename1.txt...\n Processing filename2.txt...\n Processing filename3.txt...\n 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++  PROCESS PART 2   +++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Processing filename4.txt...\n ....Processing filenameN.txt...\n 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++   WORK DONE  ++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

May somebody help me saying how can I get the echo prints in different line?

Thanks in advance for your help.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

noecho

echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME

       echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib 
       -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int echo(void);

       int noecho(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  echo()  function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
       curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control  soft-
       ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    5 Jun 2002							    echo(3XCURSES)
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