UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

There is a problem with syntax like:

tee file1 | uuencode file1 file1 | mailx X@Y.com


When uuencode has two parameters, the first is the input file and that means that uuencode will not be reading from stdin thus breaking the pipeline. At the time uuencode reads from file1, the tee program may or may not have written to it. It depends on the order in which the programs in the pipeline are launched, the number of cpu's, etc.

If you really need file1 to exist on the local system try:

tee file1 | uuencode file1 | mailx X@Y.com

if not just go with:

uuencode file1 | mailx X@Y.com

The syntax to handle the zerio length file will depend on what shell you are using.

I'm using KSH

Then try:
grep "$(date +"%b %d")" order.log|grep "SEVERE" > file1 ; [[ -s file1 ]] && uuencode file1 file1 | mailx X@Y.com

Would it be possible to store a list of email addresses in another file and have this code loop through this list, sending the email to every recipient in this list?

You can have more than one recipient with mailx. Just tack them on the end. Or create an alias and send the mail to the alias. Either is more efficient than looping.