chadrt Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here is what I have so far... #!/bin/bash ### DELETED THE CONTENTS OF THESE VARIABLES FOR POSTING PURPOSES TO="" # WHO IS TO RECEIVE THE EMAIL FROM="" # WHO IS THE EMAIL FROM USUALLY SAME AS THE USER SERV="" # THE SERVER TO USE AND THE PORT server:port IS THE FORMAT USER="" # USERNAME OF THE OUTBOUND SERVER PASS="" # PASSWORD OF THE OUTBOUND SERVER SUB="bla bla bla" ###### So I have tried both of these ###### MSG= 'echo $(expr '(' $(date -d 2015/08/17 +%s) - $(date +%s) + 86399 ')' / 86400) " Days Until Close"' #MSG= /path/to/daysuntil.sh # This contains the line from above runnnig this alone works fine! /usr/bin/sendEmail -f $FROM -t $TO -u $SUB -m $MSG -s $SERV -xu $USER -xp $PASS Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/297482-assign-output-of-file-run-or-string-of-commands-to-shell-varriable/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadrt Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here is another line I have been experimenting with... echo $(($(date -d 17-Aug +%j) - $(date +%j))) Days Until Close Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/297482-assign-output-of-file-run-or-string-of-commands-to-shell-varriable/#findComment-1517443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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