Here’s a quick page script for *nix boxes with mail.
I grabbed the mail / file redirect from

http://theos.in/shell-scripting/send-mail-bash-script/


#!/bin/bash
#Author : dougnaka@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
#Description : Quick alert/page script, edit EMAIL="" to include a comma separated list of emails to send to
#Usage : page.sh "Short or long message"
if [ "${1}" ]
then
SUBJECT="[ALERT] ${1}"
EMAIL=" someone@example.com"
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/`date +%s`-message"
echo "ALERT: at `date`" > ${EMAILMESSAGE}
echo "${1}" >> ${EMAILMESSAGE}
echo "From `hostname`" >> ${EMAILMESSAGE}
mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < ${EMAILMESSAGE}
/bin/rm ${EMAILMESSAGE}
else
echo "Usage: ${0} MESSAGE"
exit 1
fi