1DBFORMMAIL(1)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        DBFORMMAIL(1)
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NAME

6       dbformmail - write a shell script that will send e-mail to many people
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SYNOPSIS

9       dbformmail [-m MECHANISM] format_file.txt
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DESCRIPTION

12       Read a ``form mail'' message from the file FORMAT_FILE.TXT, filling in
13       underscore-preceded column-names with data.  Output a shell script
14       which will send each message through some mail transport MECHANISM.
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16       Do not use this program for evil or I will have to come over and have
17       words with you.
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19       Note that this program does NOT actually SEND the mail.  It writes a
20       shell script that will send the mail for you.  I recommend you save it
21       to a file, check it (one last time!), then run it with sh.
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23       Unlike most Fsdb programs, this program does not output a FSDB file.
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OPTIONS

26       -m MECHANISM
27           Select the mail-sending mechanism: Mail, sendmail, or mh.  Defaults
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30           Mail uses a Berkeley-style /usr/bin/Mail.  Sendmail invokes
31           /usr/bin/sendmail.  Mh writes messages into the current directory,
32           treating it as an mh-style mailbox (one message per file, with
33           filesnames as sequential integrates).
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35       This module also supports the standard fsdb options:
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37       -d  Enable debugging output.
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39       -i or --input InputSource
40           Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard
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44       -o or --output OutputDestination
45           Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for
46           standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or
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49       --autorun or --noautorun
50           By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter
51           objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method.  The
52           "--(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.
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54       --help
55           Show help.
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57       --man
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SAMPLE USAGE

61   Input:
62           #fsdb account passwd uid gid fullname homedir shell
63           johnh * 2274 134 John_Heidemann /home/johnh /bin/bash
64           greg * 2275 134 Greg_Johnson /home/greg /bin/bash
65           root * 0 0 Root /root /bin/bash
66           # this is a simple database
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68       Sample form (in the file form.txt):
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70           To: _account
71           From: the sysadmin <root>
72           Subject: time to change your password
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74           Please change your password regularly.
75           Doesn't this message make you feel safer?
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77   Command:
78           cat DATA/passwd.fsdb | dbformmail form.txt >outgoing.sh
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80   Output (in outgoing.sh):
81           #!/bin/sh
82           sendmail 'johnh' <<'END'
83           To: johnh
84           From: the sysadmin <root>
85           Subject: time to change your password
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87           Please change your password regularly.
88           Doesn't this message make you feel safer?
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90           END
91           sendmail 'greg' <<'END'
92           (etc.)
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94       And to send the mail, run
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SEE ALSO

99       Fsdb.
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102       Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
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104       This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public
105       license, version 2.  See the file COPYING with the distribution for
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