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Old 06-13-2014
Mailing file from UNIX/bash
I have a file that I want to mail out. However, I cannot get the date to print on it.
I've tried the following:

Code:
/usr/bin/mail -s "Lists on `date`" myname@company.com</tmp/list
/usr/bin/mail -s "Lists on $(date)" myname@compancy.com</tmp/list
$subj="Lists on $(date)" 
/usr/bin/mail -s "$subj"  myname@company.com</tmp/list
/usr/bin/mail -s  $subj="Lists on $(date)"

I'm just not getting it. The list is mailed, but the date never appears. The subject title does appear; I've tried single quotes as well
# 2  
Old 06-13-2014
What's your MTA? Not all of them support -s. Usually you put a subject in an email by having the line "Subject: ..." in the headers.
# 3  
Old 06-13-2014
Use mailx instead:
Code:
/usr/bin/mailx -s "Lists on $(date)" myname@compancy.com</tmp/list

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# 4  
Old 06-13-2014
In addition to what Corona688 and Yoda have already said, you might have avoided the issue if you would have used:
Code:
subj="Lists on $(date)"

instead of:
Code:
$subj="Lists on $(date)"

 
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