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# 8  
Old 09-18-2015
As you said, it was working - what is going through my mind is "What else has changed?". e.g., did you recently update AIX? Have you changed your default shell (and there is no "hash-bang aka #! starting the script).

In short, on the face of it, your command should work fine. I have used commands like that many many times with no problem.

Perhaps copy the script (to always have the original) and add "set -x" at the start so that it prints the commands as it executes them.

And/or just try "ksh -x script", if ksh is the shell that is suppossed to be executing it. I would assume (if you are now using bash - that bash also has something similiar.) And, thinking of bash - while I am not a regular user I recall that bash had several patches re: "remote" executition.

So, besides all the other questions you need to answer - also think about what else may have changed that might be the root cause of the issues you are now facing.

Hope this helps!
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# 9  
Old 09-21-2015
The mail is working fine now since we rebooted and the subject of the test is OK "three word subject" add no error, but when it was not working it would be
word... User unknown
subject... User unknown

$ type mail
mail is a tracked alias for /usr/bin/mail

Code:
 printf '%s\n' "$IFS" "$PATH" "$SHELL" | od -bc
0000000  040 011 012 012 057 161 144 170 057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057
              \t  \n  \n   /   q   d   x   /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /
0000020  151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164 157 162 057 141 144 164 137 154
           i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t   o   r   /   a   d   t   _   l
0000040  157 147 151 142 145 143 057 142 151 156 072 057 161 144 170 057
           o   g   i   b   e   c   /   b   i   n   :   /   q   d   x   /
0000060  143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164 157
           c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t   o
0000100  162 057 141 144 164 137 154 157 147 151 142 145 143 057 163 143
           r   /   a   d   t   _   l   o   g   i   b   e   c   /   s   c
0000120  162 151 160 164 163 072 057 161 144 170 057 143 151 163 065 056
           r   i   p   t   s   :   /   q   d   x   /   c   i   s   5   .
0000140  070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164 157 162 057 142 151 156
           8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t   o   r   /   b   i   n
0000160  072 057 161 144 170 057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164
           :   /   q   d   x   /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t
0000200  145 147 162 141 164 157 162 057 143 157 156 164 162 151 142 072
           e   g   r   a   t   o   r   /   c   o   n   t   r   i   b   :
0000220  057 161 144 170 057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145
           /   q   d   x   /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e
0000240  147 162 141 164 157 162 057 163 142 151 156 072 057 161 144 170
           g   r   a   t   o   r   /   s   b   i   n   :   /   q   d   x
0000260  057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164
           /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t
0000300  157 162 057 144 142 155 163 057 142 151 156 072 057 161 144 170
           o   r   /   d   b   m   s   /   b   i   n   :   /   q   d   x
0000320  057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164
           /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t
0000340  157 162 057 164 143 154 057 142 151 156 072 057 161 144 170 057
           o   r   /   t   c   l   /   b   i   n   :   /   q   d   x   /
0000360  143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164 157
           c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t   o
0000400  162 057 143 154 147 165 151 057 142 151 156 072 057 161 144 170
           r   /   c   l   g   u   i   /   b   i   n   :   /   q   d   x
0000420  057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156 164 145 147 162 141 164
           /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n   t   e   g   r   a   t
0000440  157 162 057 143 154 147 165 151 057 152 141 166 141 057 142 151
           o   r   /   c   l   g   u   i   /   j   a   v   a   /   b   i
0000460  156 072 057 161 144 170 057 143 151 163 065 056 070 057 151 156
           n   :   /   q   d   x   /   c   i   s   5   .   8   /   i   n
0000500  164 145 147 162 141 164 157 162 057 165 163 145 162 143 155 144
           t   e   g   r   a   t   o   r   /   u   s   e   r   c   m   d
0000520  163 072 057 165 163 162 057 142 151 156 072 057 145 164 143 072
           s   :   /   u   s   r   /   b   i   n   :   /   e   t   c   :
0000540  057 165 163 162 057 163 142 151 156 072 057 165 163 162 057 165
           /   u   s   r   /   s   b   i   n   :   /   u   s   r   /   u
0000560  143 142 072 057 165 163 162 057 150 143 151 145 156 147 057 150
           c   b   :   /   u   s   r   /   h   c   i   e   n   g   /   h
0000600  143 151 057 142 151 156 072 057 165 163 162 057 142 151 156 057
           c   i   /   b   i   n   :   /   u   s   r   /   b   i   n   /
0000620  130 061 061 072 057 163 142 151 156 072 056 072 057 165 163 162
           X   1   1   :   /   s   b   i   n   :   .   :   /   u   s   r
0000640  057 154 157 143 141 154 057 142 151 156 072 057 165 163 162 057
           /   l   o   c   a   l   /   b   i   n   :   /   u   s   r   /
0000660  154 157 143 141 154 057 163 143 162 151 160 164 163 072 057 161
           l   o   c   a   l   /   s   c   r   i   p   t   s   :   /   q
0000700  144 170 057 142 151 156 012 057 142 151 156 057 153 163 150 012
           d   x   /   b   i   n  \n   /   b   i   n   /   k   s   h  \n
0000720

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags for posting code, output or data. It makes the things much better readable.Thank you.
Last edited by bakunin; 09-21-2015 at 02:55 PM..
# 10  
Old 09-21-2015
So, knowing that things work after a reboot tells us that something was messed up in your environment. But, since you didn't show us the results until after you rebooted, we'll probably never know what was wrong. (It would have also been nice to know if logging out and logging back in would have solved your problem without rebooting.)

But, my best guesses would still be that either your IFS setting had been modified to include the double-quote character or that your PATH setting had been modified to find a different mail utility than the one you're now finding in /usr/bin.
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