Attach one html file in an email using shell script

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I am sending an email by using below commands by combining all the output and sending in one email. It works fine for me.

mailx -s "LIP Data Quality Report for $DATE_YEST_FORMAT1" -r [email protected] [email protected] <<EOF
Data Successfully loaded into LIP_DATA_QUALITY table

Total Items Purchased: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $1}'`

Total Items MissingorMismatch: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $2}'`

Error Percentage: $QUERY2
EOF

Now I need to attach one file within the above email and that file is under temp folder with the name of chart. And while sending I need to send it as chart.html file.

So How can I modify my above command so that it can attach chart as chart.html file from temp folder in the email.

Hope I am clear to everyone. I am running SunOS.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Updates:-

If I need to add uuencode command in my shell script so it should be like below? or something else

mailx -s "LIP Data Quality Report for $DATE_YEST_FORMAT1" -r [email protected] [email protected] <<EOF
uuencode /tmp/chart chart.html
Data Successfully loaded into LIP_DATA_QUALITY table

Total Items Purchased: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $1}'`

Total Items MissingorMismatch: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $2}'`

Error Percentage: $QUERY2
EOF

possible duplicate of How to send simple text file as attachment using HP-UX shell script? — glenn jackman
– glenn jackman, Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 5:50
Composing MIME messages with Python or Perl is way easier than doing it with shell scripts. — Paulo Scardine
– Paulo Scardine, Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 9:12

V H · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-16 10:48:48Z

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apt-get install sharutils

where run.sh is the attachment and hello is the message

(echo "hello"  ; uuencode run.sh run.sh ) | mailx -s "Testing 2" root@localhost



EMAILCONTENT="Data Successfully loaded into LIP_DATA_QUALITY table \n Total Items Purchased: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $1}'`\n Total Items MissingorMismatch: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $2}'`\n Error Percentage: $QUERY2 \n"
(echo $MAILCONTENT ; uuencode /tmp/chart chart.html ) | mailx -s "Testing 2" root@localhost


 ### OR
FILE="/tmp/email.content"
echo -e "Data Successfully loaded into LIP_DATA_QUALITY table \n Total Items Purchased: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $1}'`\n Total Items MissingorMismatch: `echo $QUERY1 | awk '{print $2}'`\n Error Percentage: $QUERY2 \n" > $FILE 
(cat $FILE ; uuencode /tmp/chart chart.html ) | mailx -s "Testing 2" root@localhost

edited Aug 16, 2012 at 10:48

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 9:50

V H

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arsenal Over a year ago

I just upated my question with the way I am using uuencode command is right or not? Any thoughts will be appreciated.

V H Over a year ago

nope that is incorrect since you are carrying out the uuencode withing a string called EOF that you are passing to it the correct way would be : (as above new content added to this post)

Stephane Rouberol · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-13 09:57:46Z

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you can use a more versatile mail user agent like email from http://www.cleancode.org/projects/email which natively manages attachements

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 9:57

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Armali · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-14 09:24:10Z

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The least necessary change to your shell script would be

`uuencode /tmp/chart chart.html`

(the backticks to have the command substitution of uuencode inserted in the here document).

answered Apr 14, 2014 at 9:24

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