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# 1  
Old 08-09-2011
issues in sending mail
Hi,

i am trying the below script for sending mail.

Code:
if [ -s $sfile ]
then
count=`cat $sfile|wc -l`
echo "There are $count abends.Please take care " > body.txt
(cat body.txt;uuencode $sfile $sfile) |  mailx -s "Alert:there are failures" pandeesh@gmail.com
fi

In the mail, i am getting like:
Code:
There are       20 abends.Please take care

There's a lot of space between 20 and are. i want it with proper spaces alignment.
Is there any way to specify the 20 in some other font or color?

And also the contents of the attachment is not in proper way.

While viewing the $sfile in unix, the contents are displaying line by line:
Code:
abc
cde
efg
hgi

But while viewing the mail attachment the contents are coming like:

Code:
abccdeefghgi

Please help me to resolve these issues?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 08-09-2011
For problem 1:
Code:
count=`wc -l < $sfile`

That brings just 20 without the space in front of it and removes a useless cat.

For problem 2:
Code:
tr -s '\n' ' ' < $sfile

This will change all newlines versus a blank. Maybe you can use this inside your script when assigning it to a variable or whatever.
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# 3  
Old 08-09-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
For problem 1:
Code:
count=`wc -l < $sfile`

That brings just 20 without the space in front of it and removes a useless cat.

For problem 2:
Code:
tr -s '\n' ' ' < $sfile

This will change all newlines versus a blank. Maybe you can use this inside your script when assigning it to a variable or whatever.
The solution fo rproblem1 is fine. i need more clarity in solution for problem 2.
while viewing in unix cat $sfile, it's displaying the contents properly.
But while attaching the $sfile using uuencode, the problem occurs.

After recieving the mail if i open the attachment , all the 20 lines got combined in a single line.

I want it in 20 lines even in attachment too.
How to achieve this?

Thanks
# 4  
Old 08-09-2011
Ah you send it as an attachment ok. I guess that's a problem of the mail client you are viewing the attachment with. It might expect <CR><LF> and since this file is coming from a Unix/Linux box (my assumption) it will only contain <CR>.

You could try to use this on the attachment before you send it:
Code:
sed 's/$'"/`echo \\\r`/" attachment.old > attachment.new

# 5  
Old 08-09-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
For problem 1:
Code:
count=`wc -l < $sfile`

That brings just 20 without the space in front of it and removes a useless cat.

For problem 2:
Code:
tr -s '\n' ' ' < $sfile

This will change all newlines versus a blank. Maybe you can use this inside your script when assigning it to a variable or whatever.
Hi the soultion fo rproblem 1 is not working exactly . For the code:
Code:
count=`wc -l < $sfile`
 echo "There are $count abends .Please take care " > body.txt
 sed 's/$'"/`echo \\\r`/" $sfile > $sfile.txt
(cat body.txt;uuencode $sfile.txt $sfile.txt) |  mailx -s "Alert:there are some Abends" pandeesh@gmail.com
rm $sfile
fi

Now the attachment comes properly.
But the body text still comes as:
Code:
There are       20 abends .Please take care

Any idea to avoid that spaces between are and 20. i need only one space.

Thanks

---------- Post updated at 01:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:30 PM ----------
Code:
count=`cat $sfile|wc -l|sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'`[

resolves the space issue. thanks
 
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