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Hi there i have a problem, i have a script as follows:
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#!/bin/bash

if [ $1 = "OK" ]; then
mailto -s "Success" mymail@home.com <<EOF
Hi,
The operation has succeeded.
EOF

elif [$1 = "ERROR" ]; then
mailto -s "Error" mymail@home.com <<EOF
Hi,
The operation has failed.
EOF
fi
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If an OK has been received than i get the following mail:
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Hi,
The operation has succeeded.
EOF

elif [OK = "ERROR" ]; then
mailto -s "Error" mymail@home.com <<EOF
Hi,
The operation has failed.
EOF
fi
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And i don't get anything when the scripts gets an ERROR argument.
In other words, the mailto command in my script doesn't see the EOF
as the end of input. Why is that? What am i doing wrong?

kind regards,

Robin

The <<EOF works correctly (tested in bash 4.0.33), I note that the script you provide errors due to a missing space. I do not have the mailto command but I suggest you try a simpler script that will work and expand it out to what you need;



I do not believe that the mailto command itself has anything to do with the use of <<EOF as that is a bash function for piping the content into STDIN.