How can I send an email through the UNIX mailx command?

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user269484 picture user269484 · Feb 17, 2010 · Viewed 655.3k times · Source

How can I send an email through the UNIX mailx command?

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ghostdog74 picture ghostdog74 · Feb 17, 2010

an example

$ echo "something" | mailx -s "subject" [email protected]

to send attachment

$ uuencode file file | mailx -s "subject" [email protected]

and to send attachment AND write the message body 

$ (echo "something\n" ; uuencode file file) | mailx -s "subject" [email protected]

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