Re: [monitoring-like] would like to be warned when I have mail (fetchmail -c)

[Gerhard Siegesmund]

Hello Michael

> It should work if you use just echo, as this is a shell builtin.
> If that 'echo something' is an external command or a pipe you have
> to use 'echo something || exit 1'.
> How exactly does the script look like?

Here is the script:

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#!/bin/sh

# Holt sich von fetchmail die Anzahl Mails und gibt diese aus.
#
# Author: Gerhard Siegesmund <address@hidden>

FETCHMAIL='/usr/bin/fetchmail'

while true; do
  $FETCHMAIL -c | sed -e 's/.* \([0-9]*\) messages (\([0-9]*\) seen.*/\1 - 
\2/g' | bc
  sleep 60
done
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Any suggestions?

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