Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:13:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Shell scripting gurus I nedd your help Message-ID: <20010718161255.X78208-100000@oddjob.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <3320f53329d6.3329d63320f5@mbox.com.au>
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Why don't you create an email alias that points to that file (man aliases for more info) and then just do: ls -al | mail -s "Output of ls command" sysadminalias@ourcompany.com ? On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, BSD Freak wrote: > Here's one for the shell scripting gurus: > > I have a file (admins.txt) with list of the e-mail addresses of my > systems administrators (on per line) eg. > > john@ourcompnay.com > fred@ourcompany.com > betty@ourcompany.com > ... > ...etc > > > I need to be able to e-mail them all the same message from the command > line or a shell script (with only one command) > > For example I might need to email them the output of an "ls -al". I > could: > > ls -al | mail -s "Ouput of ls command" john@ourcompnay.com > ls -al | mail -s "Ouput of ls command" fred@ourcompnay.com > ls -al | mail -s "Ouput of ls command" betty@ourcompnay.com > ... > .etc.. > > how can I do this with only one command taking each persons e-mail > address from the file admins.txt > > > Thanks in advance... > > --------------------------------------------- > Receive faxes 24x7, no second line necessary. > http://www.mbox.com.au/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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