Re: [gentoo-server] Scripting fun

[Korthrun <korthrun@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM, JD Gray <kahdgarxi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running the below script on my gentoo servers to email me whenever
> there are GLSA's affecting me. It works like a charm, but I have one
> beef with it. Newlines are not preserved, so I get a lovely Wall Of
> Text (tm) when ever it sends me the GLSA. I'm guessing this is because
> of the way bash handles variables. Anyone have any insight on how to
> correct this?
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> /usr/bin/glsa-check -t all &> /dev/null
> CHECK_RESULT="`/usr/bin/glsa-check -t all 2>&1`"
>
> if [ "$CHECK_RESULT" != "" ]; then
>  echo $CHECK_RESULT | /bin/mail -s "Frog glsa-check" kahdgarxi@gmail.com;
> fi
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> -JD
> --
> gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
>
>
echo $CHECK_RESULT | sed -e 's/\n/\r\n/' | /bin/mail -s "Frog
glsa-check" kahdgarxi@gmail.com

Might make that work how you'd expect.


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