I would like to use this in a script, but it needs Ctrl D to send it.
ssmtp [email protected] < Test_Email.txt
Is there a way to send ctrl D to it and have it execute?
Ctrl-D is an EOF character.
It tells where is the End Of File
In the scripts it's used like this:
cat << EOF
Here
is some
text.
EOF
From the manual man ssmtp it looks like -t option is what you are looking for.
From here sSMTP - ArchWiki it looks like message has a header and content.
CONTENT="I would like to use this in a script, but it needs Ctrl D to send it."
ssmtp -t << EOF
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: fixit asking for help
$CONTENT
Cheers,
fixit
EOF
This works, but I get an error message.
/home/andy/bin/Send_Email.sh: line 18: warning: here-document at line 8 delimited
by end-of-file (wanted `EOF')
#!/bin/bash
# Ubuntu_Mate 18.04 LTS
CONTENT="I would like to use this in a script, but it needs Ctrl D to send it."
ssmtp -t << EOF
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: fixit asking for help
$CONTENT
Cheers,
fixit
EOFEOF must be at the begining of the line. Remove the leading spaces in front of EOF
[code]#!/bin/bash
Ubuntu_Mate 18.04 LTS
CONTENT=“I would like to use this in a script, but it needs Ctrl D to send it.”
ssmtp -t << EOF
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: fixit asking for help
$CONTENT
Cheers,
fixit
EOF[/code]
No errors, but only recipient and subject came thru?
from here sSMTP - ArchWiki
Note: When using mail interactively, after typing the Subject: subject and other headers, hit enter twice, and then type the body. Hit Ctrl+d on a blank line to end your message and automatically send it out.
Maybe there need to be one or two empty lines between the header and the content (message body).
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Thanks.
After entering 2 blank lines under Subject, it now works.
I usually install mutt and use that:
mutt -s “Subject” -a /path/to/attachment – [email protected] < /path/to/body.txt
Just to give an alternative
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