[Gllug] pipe data to mail body

[Richard Cohen]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, ben f wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> quick query:
>
> I want to receive an e-mail that has several outputs
> in it. e.g.
>
> awk -f ~/sh/myextract.awk $log | mail -s 'test' root
>
> So the output of the awk script gets sent as the mail
> body. But (!), I also want other outputs to go into
> it, such as:
>
> head -1 $log | awk '{print $1}'
>
> One idea is to use <<EOF and put my other stuff
> in variables but I don't like that.
>
> Is there a neat way I can achieve this without
> resorting to putting it all in a buffer file and then
> sending that file? I'm just curious as at the moment
> the extent of my knowlege makes that my preferred
> option.

You can run the various things you want concatenated in a subshell, then
send the output from that subshell to mail, like this:
-----
(echo Subject: stuff
echo
head -1 $log | awk '{print $1}'
awk -f ~/sh/myextract.awk $log
cat ~/.sig ) | mail -s 'test' root
-----

> Thanks,
>
> Ben

Cheers
Richard
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