linux - [Solved-5 Solutions] How to send a file as an email attachment using Linux command line - ubuntu - red hat - debian - linux server - linux pc
Linux - Problem :
$ cat mysqldbbackup.sql | mailx backup@email.comclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
How to send a file as an email attachment using Linux command line ?
Linux - Solution 1:
echo "This is the message body" | mutt -a "/path/to/file.to.attach" -s "subject of message" -- recipient@domain.comclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 2:
gzip -c mysqldbbackup.sql | uuencode mysqldbbackup.sql.gz | mail -s "MySQL DB" backup@email.comclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 3:
The mailx program does not have an option for attaching a file. You could use another program such as mutt.
echo "This is the message body" | mutt -a file.to.attach -s "subject of message" recipient@domain.comclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Command line options for mutt can be shown with mutt -h.
Linux - Solution 4:
Depending on your version of linux it may be called mail.
mail -s "Backup" -a mysqldbbackup.sql backup@email.com < message.txtclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
or also:
cat message.txt | mail -s "Backup" -a mysqldbbackup.sql backup@email.com click below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 5:
mpack -s subject file user@example.comclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Unfortunately mpack does not recognize '-' as an alias for stdin. But the following work, and can easily be wrapped in an (shell) alias or a script:
mpack -s subject /dev/stdin user@example.com < file