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# 8  
Old 04-30-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzybob
Code:
echo "Subject: Testing" | cat - text | /usr/lib/sendmail -F me@here.com -t you@there.com

Cheers
ZB
Thanks dude I was also looking for something like this!!!
# 9  
Old 04-30-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzybob
Code:
echo "Subject: Testing" | cat - text | /usr/lib/sendmail -F me@here.com -t you@there.com

Cheers
ZB
Can you tell me why its this "cat - text" It didn't work without the "-" The subject was empty. Sorry I might be asking a dumb question...
# 10  
Old 04-30-2007
Sure.

The "-" is a synonym for STDIN - standard input. So what we're saying here is conCATenate STDIN (in our case, the echo command) and the "text" input file, then pipe everything through to sendmail.

e.g.
Code:
$ echo "foo" | cat - /etc/hosts
foo
192.168.0.1 host1
192.168.0.2 host2

Cheers
ZB
# 11  
Old 04-30-2007
You can also use the following syntax (tested whith ksh) :
Code:
{ echo "Subject: Testing" ; cat  text ;} | /usr/lib/sendmail -F me@here.com -t you@there.com

Jean-Pierre.
# 12  
Old 04-30-2007
Or:

Code:
sendmail -f me@here.com -t\
< <(printf "%s\n" "To: you@there.com" \
"Subject: Testing" "$(<inputfile)")


P.S. Use pipe if your shell doesn't support process substitution:

Code:
printf "%s\n" "To: you@there.com" \
"Subject: Testing" "$(<file)"\
|sendmail -f me@here.com -t
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