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Old 05-31-2012
ksh and mail problem
Script A:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/mail -s "case 4" g@f.com <testF5Email.inp

Script B:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
qq="-s \"case 4\" cstsang@hko.hksarg" 
/usr/bin/mail $qq<testEmail.inp

Script A working properly where Script B cannot.

The error message as the following:

Code:
There is a missing '"' character
4"... User unknown

Would you tell me what's going on?
And how to fix it?


thank you very much
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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-31-2012 at 07:17 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 05-31-2012
can you try with double quotes

Code:
/usr/bin/mail "$qq" < testEmail.inp
 
or
 
use single quote
 
qq='-s "case 4" cstsang@hko.hksarg'

# 3  
Old 05-31-2012
I suspect that ScriptB contains some funny characters, possibly from a non-unix editor:
Please post the output from these commands which are designed to make non-printable characters visible:
Code:
sed -n l ScriptA
sed -n l ScriptB

# 4  
Old 06-01-2012
This is output of sed -n l ScriptB
Code:
#!/bin/ksh $
. /home/util/f5ScriptLib$
#LOG_FILE=$LOG_PATH/f5mail.`date '+%y%m%d'`$
LOG_FILE=$HOME/f5mail.`date '+%y%m%d'`$
DEBUG=true$
initLogFile $LOG_FILE$
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE$
echo "#Process ID=$$               #">>$LOG_FILE  \t$
echo "#f5mail started at `date`#">>$LOG_FILE$
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE$
while read data1; do   #read data from input stream$
\techo $data1 >>/tmp/$$ $
done$
mailCmd=$1$
i1=1$
for p1 in "$@" ; do$
\t\tif [[ $i1 -gt 1 ]] then$
\t\t\t$
\t\t\techo $p1|grep " ">/dev/null$
\t\t\tif [[ $? -eq 0 ]] then$
\t\t\t\tparameters1=`echo "$parameters1\\"$p1\\" "`$
\t\t\telse$
\t\t\t\tparameters1=`echo "$parameters1$p1 "`$
\t\t\tfi\t$
\t\tfi$
\t\ti1=$((i1+1))$
done$
echo "/usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$"$
/usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$ $
rm /tmp/$$$
find $LOG_PATH -name "f5mail*" -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \; #log file house\
keeping$
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE$
echo "#Process ID=$$               #">>$LOG_FILE  \t$
echo "#f5mail ended at `date`#">>$LOG_FILE$
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE$

---------- Post updated at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:18 AM ----------

In fact, I need to write a mail program wrapper.

---------- Post updated at 09:40 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:26 AM ----------

When I execute the following command:
Code:
f5mail mail -s "case 4" gg@lliv.com <testF5Email.inp

then ps, I got the following output:
Code:
      PID    TTY  TIME CMD
  9241010 pts/10  0:00 -ksh
 11731232 pts/10  0:00 send-mail -i -x 4' gg@lliv.com
 14942488 pts/10  0:00 ps

Here is my script source code:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh 
. /home/util/f5ScriptLib
#LOG_FILE=$LOG_PATH/f5mail.`date '+%y%m%d'`
LOG_FILE=$HOME/f5mail.`date '+%y%m%d'`
DEBUG=true
initLogFile $LOG_FILE
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE
echo "#Process ID=$$               #">>$LOG_FILE      
echo "#f5mail started at `date`#">>$LOG_FILE
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE
while read data1; do   #read data from input stream
    echo $data1 >>/tmp/$$ 
done
mailCmd=$1
i1=1
for p1 in "$@" ; do
        if [[ $i1 -gt 1 ]] then
            
            echo $p1|grep " ">/dev/null
            if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] then
                parameters1=`echo "$parameters1'$p1' "`
            else
                parameters1=`echo "$parameters1$p1 "`
            fi    
        fi
        i1=$((i1+1))
done
echo "/usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$"
exec /usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$ 
rm /tmp/$$
find $LOG_PATH -name "f5mail*" -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \; #log file housekeeping
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE
echo "#Process ID=$$               #">>$LOG_FILE      
echo "#f5mail ended at `date`#">>$LOG_FILE
echo "#####################################################">>$LOG_FILE

---------- Post updated at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:40 AM ----------

replace statement:
exec /usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$ to
eval /usr/bin/mail $parameters1 </tmp/$$
it works
Last edited by cstsang; 05-31-2012 at 10:42 PM.. Reason: something wrong
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