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# 1  
Old 07-05-2007
Mail Files Script
Please let me know if I'm the right track here, or how it should be done better.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
list=`ls -al /some/directory | grep "$1"* | awk '{print $9}'`

for file in $list
do
mail -s "$file" me@email.com < $file
done

My concern is with the list variable. The output is like:
Code:
file1
file2
file3

Does the for loop keep each of those filenames in order to loop through?

Thoughts?
# 2  
Old 07-05-2007
Earnstaf,
To answer your question, yes, it does.
Keep in mind that the best way to learn is testing it.
Run the following:
Code:
list=`ls -al /some/directory | grep "$1"* | awk '{print $9}'`
for file in $list
do
  echo "Working with file = "$file
  #####mail -s "$file" me@email.com < $file
done

# 3  
Old 07-05-2007
Thanks Shell Life. I'm getting some unwanted results. I've modified the script to look like this:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
list=`ls /some/directory | grep "$1"*`
echo $list
echo "starting loop"
for file in $list
do
echo "Mailing" $file
#mail -s .......
done

I run the code with
Code:
./mail.sh file1

Output is:
Code:
starting loop

So it's not expanding the list variable.
# 4  
Old 07-05-2007
I understand your problem now.
Here is the solution:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
list=`ls /some/directory/$1*`
echo $list
echo "starting loop"
for file in $list
do
  echo "Mailing" $file
  #mail -s .......
done

# 5  
Old 07-05-2007
Very good, it works that way Shell Life.

Is it not possible to pipe within the variable expansion?

Edit: or if I have to make it more specific, like if I need to do something like "grep "$1.*-ingress-filter" to restrict the output to the list variable.
Edit 2:
I've tried the following but it doesnt seem to do the trick.
I set list as you specified above, then this:
Code:
list2=`echo $base | grep "$1.*-filter"`

Ok, I just did:
Code:
list=`ls /some/directory/$1*-filter`

and that works for me. I'll read up on the variable expansion and pipes.
Last edited by earnstaf; 07-05-2007 at 05:40 PM..
# 6  
Old 07-05-2007
Earnstaf,
You are confusing file name with file content.
The 'grep' command reads file contents.
The 'ls' command reads file names.
# 7  
Old 07-05-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by earnstaf
Thanks Shell Life. I'm getting some unwanted results. I've modified the script to look like this:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
list=`ls /some/directory | grep "$1"*`
echo $list
echo "starting loop"
for file in $list
do
echo "Mailing" $file
#mail -s .......
done

I run the code with
Code:
./mail.sh file1

Output is:
Code:
starting loop

So it's not expanding the list variable.
I think that the problem comes from the pattern * of your grep command.
The shell expand "$1"* to files starting with the value of $1 in your current directory.
Remove the * :
Code:
list=`ls /some/directory | grep "$1"`

The result is the list of the files in /some/directory which contain $1 in their name.

The result given by Shell_Life' solution is the list of the files in /some/directoty which have a their name starting with $1.
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