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Script for sending email alerts from a unix cli
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pingme.sh
#!/bin/bash
msg_file=/tmp/$(hexdump -n 16 -e '4/4 "%08X" 1 "\n"' /dev/random).mail
echo "subject:ping" > $msg_file
echo $1 >> $msg_file
sendmail $1 YOUR-EMAIL@DOMAIN.com < $msg_file
rm $msg_file
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