maillog.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# maillog.sh - a script to mail a log to yourself using ssmpt
#   written by Jason Baker (jason@onejasonforsale.com)
#   on github: https://github.com/codercowboy/scripts
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# UPDATES:
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# 200x/xx/xx
#  - Initial version
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# To use this, you'll need to change the email info in the script by the 
# "change these!" comment below. 
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# You'll also need to install and setup ssmtp on your system.
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#TODO: change these! 
EMAIL_ADDRESS="your@emailaddress.com"
EMAIL_ACCOUNT_NAME="youraccountname"
EMAIL_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD="youraccountpassword"

if test "$1" = "--help" -o -z "$1"
then
	echo "Usage: maillog [file] [optional subject]"
	echo " where [file] is the log to email"
else
	echo "[Mail Log] (file: $1 )"
	
	fromline="From: ${EMAIL_ADDRESS}"
	toline="To: ${EMAIL_ADDRESS}"
	subjectline="Subject: Mailing $1"
	if test ! -z $2
	then
		subjectline="$2"
	fi
		
	(echo -e "$toline\n$fromline\n$subjectline\n\n\n"; cat "$1") | ssmtp -au${EMAIL_ACCOUNT_NAME} -ap${EMAIL_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD} ${EMAIL_ADDRESS}
fi