LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/ex24.sh

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#!/bin/bash
EXPECTED_ARGS=2
E_BADARGS=65
if [ $# -ne $EXPECTED_ARGS ]
# Check for proper no. of command line args.
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` phone# text-file"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ ! -f "$2" ]
then
echo "File $2 is not a text file"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
fax make $2 # Create fax formatted files from text files.
for file in $(ls $2.0*) # Concatenate the converted files.
# Uses wild card in variable list.
do
fil="$fil $file"
done
efax -d /dev/ttyS3 -o1 -t "T$1" $fil # Do the work.
# As S.C. points out, the for-loop can be eliminated with
# efax -d /dev/ttyS3 -o1 -t "T$1" $2.0*
# but it's not quite as instructive [grin].
exit 0