You can then easily play back a voice message by using this script (in this
case named pmm):

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matthew@seymour:~$ pmm name_of_message

Shell scripts that contain positional parameters are often used for automating
routine and mundane jobs, such as system log report generation, file system
checks, user resource accounting, printer use accounting, and other system,
network, or security administration tasks.

Using a Simple Script to Automate Tasks

You could use a simple script, for example, to examine your system log for
certain keywords. If the script is run via your system’s scheduling table,
/etc/crontab, it can help automate security monitoring. By combining
the output capabilities of existing Linux commands with the language
facilities of the shell, you can quickly build a useful script to perform a task
that normally requires a number of command lines. For example, you can
create a short script, named greplog, like this:

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#!/bin/sh

name: greplog

use: mail grep of designated log using keyword

version: v.01 08aug02

author: bb

usage: greplog [keyword] [logpathname]

bugs: does not check for correct number of arguments

#   build   report  name    using   keyword search  and date

log_report=/tmp/$1.logreport.`date  '+%m%d%y'`

#   build   report  header  with    system  type,   hostname,   date    and time

echo    "=============================================================="

\

                        >$log_report

echo    "                                           S   Y   S   T   E   M           O   N   I   T   O   R           L   O   G"  >>$log_report

echo    uname   -a  >>$log_report

echo    "Log    report  for"    `hostname   -f` "on"    `date   '+%c'`

>>$log_report

echo    "=============================================================="

\

                        >>$log_report   ;   echo    ""  >>$log_report