Writing email messages using Unix mail

[lane78]

Hi all,
A shell script file named 'send_report' contains this segment
...
uuencode $aimfilels $aimfilels | mail -s "Report" $userid@email.com
...

The command mail-s is used to specify the email subject, $aimfilels = attachment file
$userid = username. My question is, how do I add the email message text into this script?

 

[MikeLacey]

what about:

uuencode $aimfilels $aimfilels | mail -s &quot;Report&quot; $userid@email.com < file.txt

I haven't tried this.... Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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[lane78]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply.
Your approach is to attach the message .txt form.. which is exactly the mechanism i've been using (aimfilels attachment is the message file) all this while. If you have any idea on how to add the message directly into the script, pls let me know, because the above method does not work. Your help will be very much appreciated.


Thank you..
lane

 

[crowe]

try this

(echo &quot;text in body&quot;;uuencode /tmp/file-to-attach file.txt)|mailx -s &quot;subject text&quot; lane78@somewhere.com

crowe

 

[MikeLacey]

ok, interesting - does that work lane78? Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.