UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to search (grep?) a file and send results via email. How can I do this using PSFTP? I'm VERY new and could use all the assistance anyone would be willing to provide.

Currently I log in via PUTTY (HP UX) and type the following...

grep FILENAME /xxx/xxxxxx>/xxx/filename_typemanualdate


I would like to be able to run a script and have the result sent via email and the log file (with current date auto populate at end of file name) saved to specific directory on UNIX server.

thanks!

I'm not sure why you mention PSFTP.

Login via PUTTY - make a script with the following (make changes as needed). Chmod 744 after finishing it and exiting your editor.

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
string="$1"
localfile="$2"
logfile="/some-path/somefile_`date '+%m%d%Y'`"
if [ -s $localfile ]; then
   /usr/bin/grep $string $localfile > $logfile
   if [ ! -s $logfile ]; then
      echo "Search string $string not found in $localfile" > $logfile
   fi
else
   echo "File $localfile did not exist or was zero bytes" > $logfile
fi
mailx -s"Search results" youremailaddress@yourdomain.com < $logfile
exit

Replace some-path/somefile with the appropriate directory path/filename for your server. The same thing with email address. Then just run the script with the search string as parameter 1, and the file to search as parameter 2
(Example: looking for last in /var/adm/messages
./your-script last /var/adm/messages