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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Identify Color and send email with same color Post 302894179 by Chubler_XL on Monday 24th of March 2014 08:58:54 AM

03-24-2014

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Well using ls was just an example, the reason --color is needed for the ls command is that it normally detects that the output isn't a terminal and avoids outputting any color escape sequences. This is probably to simplify scripts that process the ls output.

Now unless your custom script has a similar feature i.e checking stdout and only outputting plain text when it's not a terminal this should all be fine.

Checking this script ansi2html.sh script it does require python, however it should be a pretty trivial exercise to change it to use awk instead.

Edit: Re-reading your posts I'm guessing your script does check the output type and only print the color escape sequences if the output is a terminal. It's probably checking [-t 1] or something similar. I've encountered this issue before myself and found using ssh is a nice workaround.

Say your script is called output_color then you could call it like this:

Code:

$ ssh -t localhost /usr/local/bin/output_color | ansi2html.sh > king.html

or using ls and an example:

Code:

$ ssh -t localhost "cd $PWD; ls" | ansi2html.sh > king.html

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mhmail

mhmail(1)						      General Commands Manual							 mhmail(1)

NAME

       mhmail - send or read mail (only available within the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS

       mhmail [addrs...] [options]

OPTIONS

       Specifies  the  text  of the message. If it is specified, then the standard input is not read.  Specifies addresses to be placed in the cc:
       field of the message.  Specifies the content of the From: header of the draft. The address given is placed in the From: field of  the  mes-
       sage.  The  Sender:  field is filled in correctly by post.  Prints a list of the valid options for this command.  Specifies the mail system
       over which mail is sent. The only value allowed is smtp, which is the standard mail system.  Additional values are supported only  for  use
       with other mail systems.  Provides the text of the Subject: field of the message.

DESCRIPTION

       The  mhmail  program is intended as a replacement for the standard mail programs, bellmail and ucbmail. See binmail(1) and mail(1) for more
       details of these mail programs. When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes inc to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
       When  one  or  more  users is specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to a temporary file. The mhmail program then
       invokes post with the name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to the specified user.

       Normally, people will use comp and send to send messages.

RESTRICTIONS

       Messages with a null body part will not be sent by mhmail.  You must include some body text in all messages to be sent by mhmail.

       For this version, the -mts option only supports the value smtp. Additional values are supported for use only with other mail systems.

FILES

       Program to incorporate a maildrop into a folder.  Program to deliver a message.	Temporary copy of message.

SEE ALSO

       inc(1), post(8)

																	 mhmail(1)