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Date:      Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:02:20 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com>
Cc:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Script to send mail to all users?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970220095847.8268s-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199702191638.LAA20726@absinthe.i3inc.com>

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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Chris Shenton wrote:

> I'm looking for a script to send mail to all users in my /etc/passwd
> file; anyone got one? I'd rather plagiarize than write from scratch. :-)

Well, you could start with something like:

awk -F ':' \
  '{print "/bin/Mailmail -s \"Daily Bulletin \" " $1 \
   " < /tmp/bulletin.txt"}' | sh

But that would start a new mail process for each user.

Danny



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