mail a html file from bash

figure20012 · 10-11-2012, 06:50 AM

echo "<html><body><table border=1>hello world </table></body></html>" | mail -s test user@domain.com

the result i get is
<html><body><table border=1>hello world </table></body></html>

however i want it as a file as i want it to be displayed in thunderbird

i want to send it as an attachment.Can anyone please help me?

schneidz · 10-11-2012, 06:59 AM

Code:

echo "<html><body><table border=1>hello world </table></body></html>" > attachment.html
mail -a attachment.html -s test user@domain.com

figure20012 · 10-11-2012, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by schneidz

Code:

echo "<html><body><table border=1>hello world </table></body></html>" > attachment.html
mail -a attachment.html -s test user@domain.com

thanks for helping but i need it on one line
can you please help me ?
can i use pipe?

cbtshare · 10-11-2012, 04:41 PM

try

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echo "<html><body><table border=1>hello world </table></body></html>" > attachment.html|mail -a attachment.html -s test user@domain.com

chrism01 · 10-12-2012, 12:23 AM

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but i need it on one line

why, what does it REALLY matter....?

figure20012 · 10-12-2012, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

why, what does it REALLY matter....?

i am putting the line in a cron
i was actually having all the output sent to mail however the mail display it in in raw html
if i have it as a file and send it as an attachment to my mail thunderbird will render the html and will give me in a better format