Shell Programming and Scripting

hi my friends,

im trying to send messages from my pc using gammu to several phones by reading the numbers from a .txt file
( i just want that to work by this way , no other solution)!

the gammu command for sending sms:

Code:

sudo echo "something doesnt seem right with the server , pls check" | /usr/bin/gammu --sendsms TEXT 004365085372395 (number)

so i need help to make this into a proplery working code.

i figured out that i should do it via a for break

Code:

for i in `cat tel.txt` ; do echo ..... $i ; done
tel.txt = file where numbers are

code should be quiet simple im just not very good.

thx for help guys )

You could do something like this:

Code:

while read f; do
echo "something, pls check" | gammu --sendsms TEXT $f
done <tel.txt

ty man, question, whats the meaning of the

Code:

<

? i dont understand exactly.

cheers

When using a while read you have to feed the loop something. In your case it's the tel.txt text file.

You could also do something like this:

Code:

cat tel.txt | while read f; do
echo "something, pls check" | gammu --sendsms TEXT $f
done

That would also work.