Shell Programming and Scripting

(sleep 3; echo $USERID; sleep 1; echo $PASSWORD ; sleep 1 ; sleep 1 ;
echo "nohup perl myscript.pl $* &")| telnet "$server"

(sleep 3; echo $USERID; sleep 1; echo $PASSWORD ; sleep 1 ; sleep 1 ;
 echo "nohup perl myscript.pl $* &; sleep 100")| telnet "$server"

#!/usr/bin/ksh
 
# -----------------------
# CONFIG BEGIN
 
SMTPHOST=whatever.wherever.com
MAILFROM=xxx.yyy@wherever.com
MAILRECIPIENTS="abc.def@wherever.com
ghi.jkl@wherever.com
"
 
# CONFIG END
# ---------------------
 
function sendemail {
 
 function waitfor {
   typeset expected=$1 answer
   while read -p answer
   do
     print -- "$answer"
     [[ $answer = $expected\ * ]] && return
   done
 }
 
 function expect {
   typeset expected=$1 answer
   read -p answer
   print -- "$answer"
   [[ $answer = $expected\ * ]] || return 1 # return error if answer is not as expected
 }
 
 typeset subject="$1"
 typeset body="$(sed 's/^\.$/../')"
 typeset recipient
 
 trap 'print "Cannot send email"; return 1' ERR
 
 telnet $SMTPHOST 25 |&
 
 waitfor 220
 print -p HELO hereiam.wherever.com
 expect 250
 print -p "MAIL FROM:<${MAILFROM}>"
 expect 250
 for recipient in $MAILRECIPIENTS
 do
   print -p "RCPT TO:<$recipient>"
   expect 250
 done
 print -p DATA
 expect 354
 print -n -p "From: $SCRIPTNAME <${MAILFROM}>\nTo: "
 for recipient in $MAILRECIPIENTS
 do
   print -n -p "$recipient,"
 done
 print -p "\nSubject: $subject\n$body\n."
 expect 250
 print -p QUIT
}
 
# ---------------------
SCRIPTNAME=${0##*/}
 
date "+Good morning, today is %d/%m/%Y and the time is %H:%M:%S." |
sendemail "Greetings from $SCRIPTNAME"