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# 1  
Old 02-02-2010
Sending Unix files as attachments in an email
Hi,

I am executing the following command in order to send a file as an attachment:
mailx -s "Subject" emailID@xyz.com < Testfile.txt

Instead of attaching the file Testfile.txt, it is writing the contents of the file in the email message body. Please advise on how I can send the file as an attachment.

Thanks!!!
# 2  
Old 02-02-2010
the "<" tells the command to take input from whatever is on the other side of it.

https://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-ex...ing-mailx.html
# 3  
Old 02-02-2010
Thanks. But if I remove "<" , then where can I mention the attachment file name?
I tried "cat Testfile.txt | mailx -s "Subject" emailID@xyz.com" as well as "uuencode Testfile.txt | mailx -s "Subject" emailID@xyz.com".
Both of them gave me the same result...Contents of Testfile.txt in the email body..The file did not come as an attachment. Please advise.
# 4  
Old 02-02-2010
Code:
cat file|uuencode file|mailx -s "subject" address

is that command you are running?

you may try parenthesizing the command for attaching the file:

Code:
(cat file|uuencode file)|mailx -s "subject" address

# 5  
Old 02-03-2010
Code:
   cat Testfile.txt | ux2dos | mailx -s    " blah blah subject"   Emailaddress, emailaddress

Last edited by vbe; 02-03-2010 at 05:44 AM.. Reason: made one-liner
# 6  
Old 02-03-2010
Thanks for your suggestions...But none of these worked..In all these cases, the file content is coming as the message body...may be soem version difference...Anyways, I have to go ahead with it...So, implementing with the file as message body Smilie
# 7  
Old 02-04-2010
try the following:

uuencode zz.sh zz.sh > mail.txt; cat mail.txt | mailx -s "subject" email_address
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