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Old 10-30-2015
Mail command problem with " signs
Hello,
I have compiled a perl script to extract email address from an email file and tried to send email as bash script but " signs are ommitted by the bash script. What am I doing wrong? I would appreciate if you could fix it.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
while read -r COL1
do
echo "mail -s "This is a Subject" -a "From: info@myemail.net" $COL1 < /var/test/test.txt"
done < email
exit 0

Thanks in advance
Boris
Last edited by baris35; 10-30-2015 at 11:26 AM.. Reason: [sorted]
# 2  
Old 10-30-2015
Try escaping them, like "...\"...".
# 3  
Old 10-30-2015
Hello Rudic,
Thanks for your reply.
Could you please explain in other words?

Thanks in advance
Boris

---------- Post updated at 09:24 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:14 AM ----------

Thanks,
Sorted now..
Code:
#!/bin/bash
while read -r COL1
do
mail -s "This is a Subject" -a "From: info@myemail.net" $COL1 < /var/test/test.txt
done < email
exit 0

# 4  
Old 10-30-2015
Add the backslash escape character when using special chars like double quotes within strings to be expanded.
man bash
Quote:
There are three quoting mechanisms: the escape character, single quotes, and double quotes.

A non-quoted backslash (\) is the escape character. . .
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