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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers mailx and -s command Post 302302051 by sivakumar.rj on Monday 30th of March 2009 12:18:02 AM
Old 03-30-2009
-s does not create symbolic link when used with mailx. -s denotes the subject in the mailx.

mailx -s <subject> <emailid>

eg. mailx -s "Test mail" xxx.yyy@zzz.com
 

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help(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   help(1)

NAME
help - Provides information for new users SYNOPSIS
help DESCRIPTION
The help command presents a one-page display of information for new users. Information is available for the following topics: Concatenat- ing or displaying files Editing lines interactively Sending and receiving mail Reading system messages Changing password file information Identifying current users of the system Sending messages to the other users on the system Displaying the contents of directories Viewing information on the Source Code Control System Setting terminal modes SEE ALSO
Commands: cat(1), ex(1), finger(1), ls(1), mail(1), mailx(1), passwd(1), sccshelp(1), tset(1), who(1), write(1) help(1)
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