[aclug-L] Re: Automatically entering today's date in a subjectline

[Ryan Claycamp <claycamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ryan Claycamp wrote:
> 
> > The web page is in the form of xxx-MM-DD-YY.html.  I discovered
> > that 'date +%m-%d-%y' gives me what I want, i.e. 10-22-99.  How do
> > I get this to wget, i.e. wget xxx-DATE.html and then how do I put
> > it in a subject, i.e. Web Page for DATE?  Is this even possible?
> 
> Wow, you'll love Monday's presentation :)
> 
> here's a sneak peek:
> 
> You can use backtacks to insert the results of one command
> into another:
> 
> wget xxx-`date +%m-%d-%y`.html ...
> 
> -jeff

Great.  That is exactly what I needed.  I can now grab the right page
and send it with the right date in the subject.  My problem now is
getting my mailer, mutt, to send it as html instead of plain text.  Does
anyone know how to do it with mutt, or any other mailing program?

Thanks,
Ryan
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