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axelmasok
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 Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:23 am Post subject: Bash find and email script [solved] |
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Hello everyone,
Anyone know a nice way of scripting a find command that results in an email being sent?
If the results from the find are emailed, even better.
The simple find command is as follows:
| Code: | | find /opt/ -iname *_0 |
In the past I have emailed with something like this:
| Code: | | cat $LOGFILE | mailx -s "File found!" am@whatsupdoc.com >/dev/null |
I tried combining these 2 into a one liner using just find but there is way too much piping and fancy stuff for it to work.
Can anyone offer a better way?
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ppurka
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: |
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If you have set up /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf properly (note that you will need to give your login and password in that file in plaintext!) then you can do something like this: | Code: | echo -e "To: id@domain.com
Subject: Find output
$( [find command] 2>&1 )
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EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your post. You want the mail sent only if some output is obtained.
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Hu
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:30 am Post subject: |
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How about this: | Code: |
find /opt/ -iname '*_0' | ( read line; test -z "$line" && exit 0; ( echo -e "Some files were found:\n$line" ; cat) | mailer) |
Replace mailer with whatever invocation you need to start the mailer and set the destination address. |
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Mad Merlin
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Are you running this via cron? If so, just output directly to stdout and cron will mail it to you if there's any output (you may have to set MAILTO=spam@me.here at the top of your crontab).
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axelmasok
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| Mad Merlin wrote: | | Are you running this via cron? If so, just output directly to stdout and cron will mail it to you if there's any output (you may have to set MAILTO=spam@me.here at the top of your crontab). |
Good point. I'm still playing with Hu's suggestion. If I can't get Hu's working (with my mailer) I'll give up and let cron do it. I guess more to the point Hu's command can be used elsewhere which will be cool.
Thanks for the suggestions! |
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axelmasok
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:18 am Post subject: |
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Rightio, I got it working the way I like it.
Thanks Hu and others for taking the time to help out!
| Code: | | find /opt/ -iname '*._0" | ( read line; test -z "$line" && exit 0; ( echo -e "Somefiles were found:\n$line" ; cat) | mailx -s "Kerio Mailserver has another damaged Calendar. Thanks for the bugs Kerio" am@youripper.com) |
Regards |
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