Not sure, maybe "\t" ?

inside the if, you should be comparing $CHECKA and $CHECKB, not CHECKA and CHECKBKeep the space there. Also, try removing the ; and move 'then' to the next line. (not sure if this matters)

it's typically (at least on solaris)
/usr/lib/sendmail -t < filename

(where filename is a file which at the very least as a To: line)

the -v option gives more verbose information...

I came up with a workaround (which is to have it create a different script and then run that script). Let me know if there is a better way:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
echo...

Here's what I'm trying to do... I want to connect to a command line application and send it instructions from inside a script. I need to do a loop as there are multiple things I want to do. I was...