Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:02:22 +0100 From: Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Shell scripting gurus I nedd your help Message-ID: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA01CC7C06@exchange.twowaytv.co.uk>
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$ for address in `cat admins.txt`;do ls -al | mail -s "Ouput of ls command" $address;done alex.. > 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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