Mail Function in bash scripting

chynna_v · 09-13-2004, 10:10 PM

hi everyone...

can someone tell me a link or a sample code the could use the mail function using bash scripting?

coz i try to..here is my code below..but it doesn't work..

#!/bin/sh
#!/bin/sh
echo [`date +%Y-%m-%d` `date +%k:%M:%S`] - TEST1
mail home@metest.com -s "Test2"
exit 0

thanks a lot!!

crabboy · 09-14-2004, 12:05 AM

try a pipe between the echo and mail. It works for me.

Code:

echo [`date +%Y-%m-%d` `date +%k:%M:%S`] - TEST1 | mail crabboy -s "test2"

chynna_v · 09-14-2004, 04:36 AM

thanks! the pipe works...i think i might have overlook that part