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Old 10-06-2018
A shell script for checking the last image and sending it in attachment to mail
Hello every one.


I use mutt :


Code:
"mpack -s "Test" /home/pi/Pictures/2018-10-05_23_10_40.jpg   my_email_addres "


to send me a particular picture with the name of the data+jpg in a pictures folder, but this folder I use it for a timelapse proyect with more pictures , and what I need is a bash script to checking the last image and sending it in attachment to my mail once a day by a cron:


Code:
00 12 * * * *   pi  sh  /home/pi/email_last_picture.sh

Thank You




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Last edited by RudiC; 10-07-2018 at 04:30 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags.
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Old 10-07-2018
Hello, what have you tried? :-)

Here are some pointers to help you get started:
1. ls -rt | tail -1 to get the last image.
2. Check if it's an image file (and not a dir or symlink, for instance)
3. Email it as attachment.

Hope this helps.
Last edited by balajesuri; 10-07-2018 at 10:56 PM.. Reason: To use code tags
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Old 10-08-2018
Yes ,whith this code apearsrs last picture file on terminal. Now I need to send it to email it to my self. Thank you
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