Multiline body via command line(thunderbird -compose)(Linux)

[chyavana]

I have the same question in May 2017.

I am on Manjaro Linux and want to automate the sending of a few customized email messages from the command line.

The `-compose` command with the `body` option should do it, but I have a multi-line string that has been loaded from a text file so:

`body=$(<textfile)`

Only the first line is shown on the message window.

How should I proceed?

Thanks.

[chyavana]

Here is my progress to date:

body=\"$(sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/%0A/g' < textfile)\" # See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251 ... 91#1252191
thunderbird -compose body="$body"

This works almost exactly as I want it to but there is a pair of double quotes at the beginning and very end of the body text. Any help to remove these automatically is most appreciated.

[morat]

You can use the message argument to specify a plain text or an HTML file for the body of the mail.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_ ... hunderbird

Here is a VBScript example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBScript
http://ss64.com/vb/

* example.vbs

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Option Explicit

Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Exec("%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -compose" & _
  " preselectid='id1'" & _
  ",from=''" & _
  ",to='foo <foo@invalid.com>'" & _
  ",cc=''" & _
  ",bcc=''" & _
  ",newsgroups=''" & _
  ",subject='Example'" & _
  ",body=''" & _
  ",message='C:\example.htm'" & _
  ",attachment='C:\example.txt'" & _
  ",bodyislink='false'" & _
  ",type='0'" & _
  ",format='1'" & _
  ",originalMsg=''" & _
  "")
Set objShell = Nothing

* example.htm

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This text is <b>bold</b><br>
This text is <i>italic</i><br>
This text is <u>underline</u><br>
This text is <strike>strikethrough</strike><br>

* example.txt

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This is an attachment file.

Similar thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=3012527

Reference:

http://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-release/sou ... ommands.js

[chyavana]

You can use the message argument to specify a plain text or an HTML file for the body of the mail.
...
message='C:\example.htm'

Thank you @morat. Those two lines above clinched it for me. And the solution is so simple. You made my night!