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Hello All,

I am trying to send a file through email everyday from one of my Linux (x86_64) system. I've scheduled Sendmail in Crontab like this-

00 8 * * * /usr/sbin/sendmail name@xxx.co.uk < /home/file1.out

This entry in crontab is working very fine and I am receiving file file1.out each and everyday sharp at 8 AM through email. But the subject line is blank. I am trying a lot but not being able to set the subject line.

Please let me know if you have any idea, how to set subject line in sendmail in Crontab. Subject should come like- "Row count for today: <Current Date>"

Thanks in Advance !!
Naresh

Code:

set `wc -l /home/file1.out`
00 8 * * * /usr/sbin/mailx -s "Row count : $1" name@xxx.co.uk < /home/file1.out

No it's not working. :-( Is there any way to set subject in Sendmail?

Code:

00 8 * * * echo "Subject: Testing" | cat - /home/file1.out | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t name@xxx.co.uk

Thanks a lot dear, it worked this time. :-)

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Just have another doubt, if I want to specify current date in subject, then how to do that?

Code:

00 8 * * * date '+%d-%b-%Y@+%H:%M:%S' | cat - /home/file1.out | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t name@xxx.co.uk

The above command will display date and time in subject line.(E.g. 23-11-2010@22:12:45)

Read man pages for date command if u want to display any specific values in subject line.

It's ok, but I wanted it along with Subject. How to set that with subject like-

"Subject: Testing for (today's date)"
"Subject: Testing for 20101012"