Problem with spacing in text out turn

[chris01010]

Hi guys,
Just got the attached script to run, which basically sends an email to a recipitent when an error occurs, and unfortunately the output contains a space as below. Any ideas?

Database reconciliation between Tandem and Unix has failed.
Please see the attached file(s).
You can investigate server"



body="Database reconciliation between Tandem and Unix has failed.\r
Please see the attached file(s).\r
You can investigate server"

Cheers

Chris

 

[Mike042]

Hi Chris,

In most of our scripts we produce log-files and some times mail-message files (echo'ing text and appending it to the file). At the end of the script, if appropriate, we e-mail the log-file or message-file as follows:

cat <file> | mailx -s "<subject>" <mail-addressee(s)>

I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[Mike042]

Hi Chris,

You could just echo the variable into mailx:

echo ${body} | mailx -s "<subject>" <mail-addressee(s)>

By the way in Solaris the \r means carriage return, instead you should be using \n which means new-line.

I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[olded]

Hi:

The Unix here document will also work.

mailx -s "<subject>" <mail-addressee> <<MSG

This mails text
MSG

If you've already collected text in a file you can do this:

mailx -s "<subject>" <mail-addressee> <<MSG
$(cat myfile)
MSG