How to Send Shell script Result to Email

The shell-script result you can send to email. Below, you will find the steps you need to do it. There are two steps and both will help you know the entire process.

Sending shell-script results to email

1. Creating shell-script
2. Sending the result to email

1. Creating shell-script

Create an empty script

Create test1.sh script using the vi command with the Sudo command.

$sudo vi test1.sh

Write the first line in the script

#!/bin/bash

exec > out1.txt 2>&1

Add logic in the shell script

#!/bin/bash

exec > out1.txt 2>&1

echo" Here is my logic"

Provide executable permissions to your script

$ sudo chmod +x test1.sh

Run your script using the command below

$ ./test1.sh

Verify the output

$ cat out1.txt

2. Sending result to email

Use the below command to send the output (result) to email.

$ mail <<output file path name>> abc@gmail.com

Bottom-line

These steps are helpful to send the output to an email. 

References

• How to Install Mailx Utility in Linux