Re: Multiple commands on split

David W. Tamkin <dattier(_at_)wwa(_dot_)com> wrote:
> I suppose that (being a ksh kind of guy), I'd attack it in a fashion like
> this: 
>    formail -XFrom: -s < folder | ( date ; while read victim ; \
>        do Mail -s "You're in for it now" "$victim" < canned_text ; \
>           echo "$victim" ; \
>        done ; echo ) >> rogues_gallery
This generates a new mail for every victim.  It would be more efficient
to gather a list of victims first, then hand it off to the mailer en-bloc.
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           Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).

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