[ale] multi-line echo?

[Keith Morris]

Sorry, I guess I was a little vague. Specifically, what I would like to 
do is send quick emails with attachments and a quick message like:

echo "Here is the file you wanted" | mutt -s "File Attached" -a 
/home/keith/somefile.tgz you at example.com

But I would rather edit the text in a vi type of environment and when I 
:wq! it would send the buffer to <stdout> and be piped through mutt.

I really don't even know if that is the best way to do it, but using 
mutt that way has worked pretty well for me so far.

Thanks a bunch.

:: Keith Morris
:: Creative Director
:: Design / Effects
:: IQ television group
:: Atlanta, GA
:: 404.255.3550
:: http://www.iqtv.com

Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Well....
> 
> How are you getting the text "in"?
> 
> If you're going to have a <STDOUT> method, you need a <STDIN> method as
> well.
> 
> If you will be interactively typing in, I'd use a quick & dirty perl script
> to gather your input   (  $input = <stdin> ) and then later, as you need it,
> let perl output it.  ( print $input; )
> 
> If you are in the context of a script, and you have multiple lines coming
> off <STDOUT>, you can pipe through the tee program which then sends your
> text to both <STDOUT> and <STDERR>.  
> 
> Gimme a little more scenario, and I'd bet I can help you.
> 
> 
> Jerald M. Sheets jr.
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> Datatrac, Inc
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> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Keith Morris
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:41 PM
>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts List
>>Subject: [ale] multi-line echo?
>>
>>Hey guys, I'm not terribly familiar with all of the command 
>>line tools 
>>available, but basically what I am looking for is a 
>>"multi-line" echo tool.
>>
>>I would like to be able to is be able to type in multiple lines then 
>>when "submitted" the text would be sent to stdout.
>>
>>Something like vi(m) would be fine if it could just "save" to stdout. 
>>can it?
>>
>>Thanks much!
>>
>>-- 
>>:: Keith Morris
>>:: Creative Director
>>:: Design / Effects
>>:: IQ television group
>>:: Atlanta, GA
>>:: 404.255.3550
>>:: http://www.iqtv.com
>>
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