mailx - include both specified text & external file text in body

[Wrathchild]

I would like to include some standart text in the body of the email and then also redirect the contents of a file after the standard text.

This will include the standard text:
print "There was a problem executing the following SQL:" | mailx -s "$SQL_TYPE Failed" me@me.com

But when I try to add the file, none of the standard text is included in the email, just the external file shows:
print "There was a problem executing the following SQL:" | mailx -s "$SQL_TYPE Failed" me@me.com < SQL.sql

I realize I could add the standard text to SQL.sql to begin with, but I'm curious if it can be done this way.

 

[p5wizard]

Use brackets around some comamnds to join their stdout into stdin for mailx command like so:

(print "whatever"; cat SQL.sql)| mailx -s "subj line" addressee@domain.com


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[Wrathchild]

worked-thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

Just as a supplementary idea, [tt]cat[/tt] can output its input too :

print "whatever" | cat - SQL.sql | mailx -s "subj line" addressee@domain.com

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[p5wizard]

nice one feherke!

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

Yet another way:
print "whatever\n$(<SQL.sql)" | mailx -s "subj line" addressee@domain.com

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[p5wizard]

Here's the UUOC police again ;-)

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

I couldn't resist :~/