bash script to send a mail attachment

aeby · 05-28-2007, 02:16 AM

Hi,
i need to write a bash script to send an attachment via mail from the command line, i know the mail command but i have not been successful in finding an option for it.

Regards,

aeby

acid_kewpie · 05-28-2007, 03:46 AM

unrelated to networking. moved to Linux - General

aeby · 05-28-2007, 04:34 AM

how do i move it to general

Xeratul · 05-28-2007, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeby

how do i move it to general

with sendmail or postfix ...
(my preference is for sendmail)
...

druuna · 05-28-2007, 04:42 AM

Hi,

Can you elaborate on that a bit?

- You talk about a script _and_ the command line. Is the attachment name(s) given to the script from the command line?
- Can the attachment be included in the body of the mail or should it be an attached file.

A rough example, taking attachment name(s) from the command line:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

attachMe="$@"

for thisFile in ${attachMe}
do
  uuencode ${thisFile} ${thisFile} | \
  mailx -s "Subject goes here" someuser@some.place
done

Hope this helps.

Xeratul · 05-28-2007, 05:32 AM

almost working ... I received sthg but not right.
I received an email that I cannot read the picture. the yahoo didnt find out that there was a pic inside.

uuencode mypicture.jpg mypicture.jpg | ... ?? is it the best way ?

Quote:

begin 644 mypicture.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`0```0`!``#_VP!#``@&!@<&!0@'!P<)"0@*#!0-#`L+
M#!D2$P\4'1H?'AT:'!

...
blabla

http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Sen...tachments.html
are you using postfix or sendmail?

(u can private msg me for this topic)

Xeratul · 05-28-2007, 06:13 AM

it worked !

Code:

mutt &
bla bla
creates sthg

echo "filefilefile " | mutt -a mypicture.jpg  -s "filefile"  user@blabla.com

plz check ur .muttrc

Otherwise, did you manage with mailx or whatever else than mutt??
if yes, please could you let us know?