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Old 04-20-2012
Send email if the condition matches
Hello everyone,

I am trying to create function or script to send email from an address book file.

Here is the file format i have,

Code:
     Susan:Miller:M:123 Main Street:Philadelphia:PA:17101:666-645-6666:Susan.Miller@gmail.com:07/12/1979 Robert:Langan:S:32 North Avenue:San Francisco:CA:17011:717-212-8833:robert.langan@msn.com:06/06/1980

In script i have to send an email to people in the address book file whose birthday is today.

Code:
     awk -F":" '{ print $9, $10}' myaddress Susan.Miller@gmail.com 07/12/1979 robert.langan@msn.com 06/06/1980

gives me column i need it but i am not sure how can i convert those fields into a variable then pass it to mail command while adding the following conditions
if birth day is equal to system date then for each contact send email.

Code:
     echo $EMAILMESSAGE | /bin/mail -s “$SUBJECT” “$EMAIL”

any idea and sample script greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
# 2  
Old 04-20-2012
It seems very like a homework exercise this........., but.......

You may have a problem if you data really is one long string. If it is actually separate records then you can read the output from your awk

Code:
awk -F":" .........whatever ........ | while read EMAIL next1 next2 rest
do
   echo $EMAILMESSAGE | /bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL
done


I'm not sure what output you expect to get and use from your awk


I hope that this helps a little to get you started


Robin
Liverpool/lackburn
UK
Last edited by rbatte1; 04-20-2012 at 10:45 AM.. Reason: Take off erroneous bold highlight
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# 3  
Old 04-20-2012
umm thank you rbatte1, yes it is a homework assignment and I am struggling a little bit.

my awk statement;
Code:
awk -F":" '{ print $9, $10}' myaddress
 Susan.Miller@gmail.com 07/12/1979
 robert.langan@msn.com 06/06/1980

how do you compare the system date day and month within $10 output? is day and month matches in $10 then do this etc.
Does it make sense?
# 4  
Old 04-20-2012
Probably best if you read the manual pages for test and date

If you are panicking that I mean to go to the library and get the books out, there are manuals normally installed by default:-
Code:
man test

then
Code:
man date

I could just code it up, but then you won't learn. Have a go and let us know how you get on. Try to think of the logic how you would do it on paper, remember you cannot assume that the machine knows anything, but it can look it up, including the system date.

If you've been trying and have some examples that show what's going wrong, then people will be happy to help, I'm sure.



Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
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# 5  
Old 04-20-2012
rbatte1, I agree with you. thank you for pointing me the right direction. I think i come up with this solution for now. I am not sure it is the best way to do it but it seems like working OK for now .

Code:
today=`date '+%m/%d/'`
$(cat filename | grep $today | awk -F: '{print $9}')

then use for each loop to send email.
Last edited by asistant; 04-21-2012 at 12:36 AM..
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Old 04-22-2012
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