Re: passing variables from shell to procmail

* Ruud H.G. van Tol <rvtol(_at_)isolution(_dot_)nl> :
> Troy Piggins schreef:
>
> > I need to pass a variable from within a bash script to procmail, but
> > can't seem to get it to work.  The variable value is always null.
> > [...]
> >   procmail example.procmailrc < $MESSAGE_NO
> >   mv $MESSAGE_NO.new $MESSAGE_NO
>    procmail -m example.procmailrc < $MESSAGE_NO > $MESSAGE_NO.new
>
> and use a "DEFAULT=|" in the first lines of your rc, to make procmail
> deliver to stdout.
>
> Alternatively, see man procmail, look for "parameter=value".
That's it!  Thanks mate!

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Troy Piggins
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