uuencode is likely waiting for you to give it an output file name...IIRC, uuencode would accept a '.'-character to infer keeping the same name. Otherwise, it will be whatever you intend the attachment to be named. Check this by breaking your "script" down into its components.
But from the outside looking in (and using ksh...), you might consider using your cat to serve up a heredoc (which could be piped into your mailx as is). A good heredoc would include an in-line function call to uuencode. Or, just stream it back to mailx itself:
hi,
i am trying to send mail with attachment to web-based email client like gmail.com using mailx. the problem is it is displayed in content rather than as attachment.
the code i am using is as follows,
uuencode test1.txt test1.txt | mailx -s "test only" aaaa@gmail.com
does anyone... (1 Reply)
I'm trying to script sending an e-mail message on an AIX 5.x server with the following requirements:
1. command line switch to specify file name containing message body in HTML format
2. command line switch to specify file name of a binary attachment
3. command line or input file to specify... (4 Replies)
hi
plz help me in sending a mail with some data in body and an attachment as some txt file.
currently i am able to send mail with some body content, i need an example how to send the same along with attachment.
thanks in advance
-bali (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Can anyone please provide the command for sending an mail with attachment using mailx command.
Thanks in Advance :)
Regards,
Siram. (3 Replies)
Hi,
We have been trying to send mail with attachment and it is going fine, but when we try to attach a text to the body of the email, we find that the mail is going fine with the body text but the attachment is not going through. We are using ksh.
The command that is successfull without the... (6 Replies)
Hi,
Our requirement is to send an attachment and content in a single mail. I am using the below command to send attachement.
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(uuencode $exp_file $exp_file) |mailx -s "$email_subject" $EmailRecipients
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I m not able to send any message in the... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am using mailx command to send an email and i took the body of the email from a file,
mailx -r gtt.org -s "Status Report " ss@org.com < $ProcessStatisticsFile
but now i want to declare the body of the email in the command itself.
I have tried with the following command but... (4 Replies)
Hi
I want to able to attach a file to a email and send it with a body
the body of the email is within the "body" file, and the attachment in "atch"
if i send like below it will send the email correctly
/usr/sbin/sendmail me@you.com< body
And when i send the attachment alone... (3 Replies)
i have to attach the 'body in the email' along with attachment below code is throwing errors, how can i do it ?
here body file contains message, it should display in email, please help
i am using HP-UX
(cat body ;) (uuencode attch1 attch1 ;) | mailx -m -s "testing" "abc@gmail.com"
... (4 Replies)
Hello experts!!
I am trying to send an email with message body and attachment.but i am getting any one like message body or attachment.
I tried below command:
(echo "subject:test";echo "MIME-Version: 1.0";echo "content-transfer-encoding:base 64";echo "content-type:txt;name=test.txt";cat... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Devipriya Ch
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
uudecode
uuencode(1c)uuencode(1c)Name
uuencode, uudecode - encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
Syntax
uuencode [file] remotedest | mail sys1!sys2!..!decode
uudecode [file]
Description
The and commands are used to send a binary file by uucp (or other) mail. This combination can be used over indirect mail links even when
is not available.
The command takes the named source file (default standard input) and produces an encoded version on the standard output. The encoding uses
only printing ASCII characters, and includes the mode of the file and the remotedest for recreation on the remote system.
The command reads an encoded file, strips off any leading and trailing lines added by mailers, and recreates the original file with the
specified mode and name.
The intent is that all mail to the user ``decode'' should be filtered through the program. This way the file is created automatically
without human intervention. This is possible on the uucp network by either using or by making be a link to instead of In each case, an
alias must be created in a master file to get the automatic invocation of
If these facilities are not available, the file can be sent to a user on the remote machine who can uudecode it manually.
The encode file has an ordinary text form and can be edited by any text editor to change the mode or remote name.
Restrictions
The file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control information) causing it to take longer to transmit.
The user on the remote system who is invoking (often must have write permission on the specified file.
See Alsomail(1), uucp(1c), uusend(1c), uux(1c), uuencode(5)uuencode(1c)