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| + | ====== Scripted Email ====== | ||
| + | Used to send email to list of people from flat file. Usually when sending from server you want the reply-to set correctly so the replies go to a proper email account. | ||
| + | ===== Input File ===== | ||
| + | The input file is cre.txt and has the following format | ||
| + | * Header: Username Password Email | ||
| + | * Rows: userid password email | ||
| + | * Fields are space delimited | ||
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| + | Sample file | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | Username Password Email | ||
| + | hjames N8dseRzx8l someone1@example.org | ||
| + | itom 08sdfssRPd someone2@example.org | ||
| + | klucy 1eh4g6y88 someone3@example.org | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | ===== Updates to script ===== | ||
| + | Things to update in script are | ||
| + | * input file location (input) | ||
| + | * Subject (subject1) | ||
| + | * Body as appropriate | ||
| + | * replyto field | ||
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| + | ===== Code ===== | ||
| + | The tr command is optional. In case the file arrived from DOS/WINDOWS it may have funny characters | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | #!/bin/bash | ||
| + | cat cre.txt | tr -d '\015' > cre1.txt | ||
| + | input=cre1.txt | ||
| + | subject1="Some Subject" | ||
| + | while read -r line | ||
| + | do | ||
| + | IFS=" " read -r f1 f2 f3 <<<"$line" | ||
| + | if [ ! $f1 = "Username" ]; then | ||
| + | echo "Emailing $f3 ..." | ||
| + | body1="You Userid is $f1 and Password is $f2" | ||
| + | echo $body1 | mailx -s "$subject1" -S replyto=someuser@example.com "$f3" | ||
| + | fi | ||
| + | done <"$input" | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Keywords ===== | ||
| + | for loop mass | ||
