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# 1  
Old 10-21-2015
Custom command and email
Hi All,

I am having a program called emailstat which will send email based on the message we pass

Code:
emailstat -email <email> [-subject <subject>] [-message <message>]

now I am trying to run the
Code:
vmstat

and and pass the output to emailstat source in -message part. Is this possible ?

Thanks
Arun
# 2  
Old 10-21-2015
Did you consider "command substitution"?
# 3  
Old 10-21-2015
Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I tried like
Code:
-message `vmstat`

it didnt worked. Is there some way I can pipe it and append as a text ?

Thanks,
Arun
Last edited by arunkumar_mca; 10-21-2015 at 03:49 PM..
# 4  
Old 10-21-2015
Why "it didnt worked"? Any err msgs? Did you try to double quote the command substitution?
# 5  
Old 10-21-2015
Try:
Code:
-message "`vmstat`"

instead of:
Code:
-message `vmstat`

And be sure that you also properly quote that option-argument value when you expand it inside emailstat.

Unless you're using an original Bourne shell, the preferred syntax is:
Code:
-message "$(vmstat)"

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arunkumar_mca
# 6  
Old 10-21-2015
yes, double quotes as below .. Still didn't worked . It sends the vmstat as text in email not the result of vmstat.

Code:
emailstatus -email myemail@XX.com  -subject TEST -message "vmstat"

# 7  
Old 10-21-2015
Please read post #5 in this thread...
 
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