Re: Appending contents to file

Thank you Sir ... it works like a charm ... however I have noticed a
problem with my implementation ... I have to type the whole command every
time ... and most of the time I use my cell phone to do it ...

How would I go about sending the the body as a variable to a BASH script?

Thank you
Danny
On 21 Jan 2016 6:17 PM, "udi M" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On 21/01/16 17:34, Danny de Bont wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Currently I am managing my Debian servers via simple commands in the
> Subject of a mail message with an empty body ...
>
> Procmail would read the Subject and then perform a certain command ...
>
> For example:
> If I want to start an Ftp server I would send an email with "Ftp start" as
> the subject ... it works o.k for my needs ...
>
> However ... I want to send more complicated commands in the Body and not
> the Subject ...
>
> For example:
> When procmail gets an email with say "Execute command" in the Subject ...
> I want procmail to pipe the command contained in the body (a one line BASH
> command) to BASH ...
>
> Here is an example of a command I would send in the Body:
> echo -e "\rLT 4>Body of email message\r\r" > /dev/ttyS1
>
> Any pointers?
>
> Danny
>
>
> :0
> * Subject: Execute command
> {
>         :0 bf
>         | /bin/bash
> }
>
>
>
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