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# 1  
Old 02-24-2011
sending output of command via email
Hi all

i want to send the output of a command by email, i have done this

<comand> | mail -s <subject> <email address>

which works well, but if the command retunrs noting then i just get a blank email, is there a way to stop this

thanks

Adam
# 2  
Old 02-24-2011
Try:
Code:
command > file.tmp
mailx -s "Subject" mailaddress <file.tmp
rm file.tmp

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-25-2011 at 03:42 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 3  
Old 02-24-2011
i tired that

i get this as an output now

Code:
Null message body; hope that's ok

but i still get a blank email

does it matter that i am using grep -v to exclude something form the command return
# 4  
Old 02-24-2011
Well try first just the output of the command,
and if it works start eliminating things, till you find where it stucks
# 5  
Old 02-24-2011
Building on previous posts
Code:
command > file.tmp
if [ -s file.tmp ]
then
       mailx -s "Subject" mailaddress <file.tmp
fi
rm file.tmp

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