Xargs for email

Solution provided.

# This is where we send a notice out to latenight users
#who | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | while read user ; do
#mailx -s "Warning: logoff nightly" $user <
/messages/nightly.logoff.computers.msg
#done

Avoid xargs and redirects. Loop the task as in a multiline command or a
script. Of course some solutions offered included using xargs to call a
shell with the command but these came after I had something working.

And never start a subject line on this list with "Re:" if you want to let
others know what a solution is. A royal pain that.

Ron Sharcott (3635)


-----Original Message-----
From: Bluejay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Bluejay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:32 AM
To: Ron Sharcott
Subject: Re: Xargs for email


What was the solution?

-
Bluejay Adametz

Make the most of what comes, and the least of what goes.




Ron Sharcott <Sharcott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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11/30/2006 11:26

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Xargs for email






Thanks all. I believe I have a solution now.


Ron Sharcott (3635)

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