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Ruby shell script to create Entourage emails from the command line - http://proccli.com/send-entourage-mails-command-line-ruby
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#!/usr/local/bin/ruby | |
# Mail script for sending stuff from the command line through entourage | |
# which makes life super easy for sending files, or piping files to a mail body, etc. | |
# | |
# email -t bosses -c tracker -a ~/report.csv <SUBJECT HERE> | |
# | |
# Author:: Rob Hurring | |
# Date:: 2011-11-15 | |
# Version:: 1.0a | |
require 'optparse' | |
require 'fcntl' | |
# aliases for users, can be a string or array here | |
UserAliases = { | |
'bosses' => %w{boss1@example.com boss2@example.com boss3@example.com}, | |
'me' => 'me@example.com', | |
'tracker' => 'tracker-script@example.com' | |
} | |
# compiles all addresses and maps our aliases | |
def compile_addresses(addresses) | |
addresses.inject([]) do |all, address| | |
address = UserAliases[address] if UserAliases.keys.include?(address) | |
all |= Array(address) | |
end.join(', ') | |
end | |
# Parse our options | |
options = {:to => [], :cc => [], :attachments => []} | |
OptionParser.new do |opts| | |
opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} [options] " | |
opts.on('-t', '--to=TO', 'To'){ |t| options[:to] |= t.split(',') } | |
opts.on('-c', '--cc=CC', 'CC'){ |c| options[:cc] |= c.split(',') } | |
opts.on('-a', '--attach=ATTACHMENT', 'Attach'){ |a| options[:attachments] << File.expand_path(a) } | |
opts.on_tail("-h", "--help", "Show this message") do | |
puts opts | |
exit 1 | |
end | |
end.parse! | |
# Get our subject and body (if STDIN is being used) | |
# Note: we DONT prompt for STDIN if nothing is piped in - it will just | |
# open a blank email with the rest filled out | |
subject = ARGV.join(' ') || '' | |
body = STDIN.read if STDIN.fcntl(Fcntl::F_GETFL, 0) == 0 | |
body.gsub!(/"/, "\\\"") unless body.nil? | |
# Compile script | |
to = compile_addresses(options[:to]) | |
cc = compile_addresses(options[:cc]) | |
attachments = options[:attachments].inject([]) do |all, attachment| | |
attachment.gsub! /\//,':' | |
all << %|make new attachment at msg with properties {file:"#{attachment}"}| | |
end.join("\n") | |
script =<<-EOS | |
tell application "Microsoft Entourage" | |
activate | |
set msg to make new draft window with properties {subject:"#{subject}", content:"#{body}", to recipients:"#{to}", cc recipients:"#{cc}"} | |
#{attachments} | |
end tell | |
EOS | |
# Run Script | |
`osascript -e '#{script}' 2>/dev/null` |
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# email your bosses some reports | |
email -t bosses -a reports.tar.gz "Reports for you" | |
# email your tracker with some bad news | |
tail -n10 error_log|email -t tracker -a screenshot.png "BUG: something ut-ohd" |
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This is a great utility!!!