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Old 10-08-2014
Bash Script - Mail Secure.log
I'm putting together a fairly simple script, to check "secure.log" for content and email the results in a cron, nightly. The script runs fine upon manual execution, it's a problem when ran in cron. This is on a Mac server. Any thoughts?

Code:
#!bin/bash
#Email secure.log, nightly. 

Subject="Secure Log for Server"
Recipients="name@host.com"

file=/var/log/secure.log

if [ -s ${file} ] ;
 then
  mail -s "$Subject" "$Recipients"  < $file
fi


Results:

Code:
sh: /usr/local/bin/mailsecuritylogs.sh: bin/bash: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

# 2  
Old 10-08-2014
There might be ^M char

try this on vi editor

1. vi yourscript.sh

2. Press ESCKey, then type following

3.:set fileformat=unix OR :set ff=unix

4. Finally save it :x! or :wq!

OR

Use dos2unix utility
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Old 10-08-2014
With cron jobs the best practice is to write everything as absolute path.

watch the missing `/' in #!/bin/bash
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Old 10-08-2014
Try with #!/bin/bash instead.

You may need to give the full path to the mail command to.




Robin
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# 5  
Old 10-08-2014
Aia and rbatte1 are right there is missing / near shebang Smilie
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Old 10-08-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aia
With cron jobs the best practice is to write everything as absolute path.

watch the missing `/' in #!/bin/bash
Solved! Can't believe I missed this. Thanks, all.
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Old 10-08-2014
You are welcome. Sometimes a new pair of eyes see something you have been looking at for ages. Glad we could all help.

Smilie



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