commands.sh

mailx

all

Send and receive mail.

More info →

Options (4)

-s, --subjectboolean

Send mail (the content should be typed after the command, and ended with `<Ctrl d>`)

Example: mailx {{[-s|--subject]}} "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}
-c, --ccboolean

Send mail to a recipient and CC to another address

Example: mailx {{[-s|--subject]}} "{{subject}}" {{[-c|--cc]}} {{cc_addr}} {{to_addr}}
-r, --from-addressboolean

Send mail specifying the sender address

Example: mailx {{[-s|--subject]}} "{{subject}}" {{[-r|--from-address]}} {{from_addr}} {{to_addr}}
-a, --attachboolean

Send mail with an attachment

Example: mailx {{[-a|--attach]}} {{path/to/file}} {{[-s|--subject]}} "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}

Examples (6)

Send mail (the content should be typed after the command, and ended with `<Ctrl d>`)

mailx [-s|--subject] "subject" to_addr

Send mail with content passed from another command

echo "content" | mailx [-s|--subject] "subject" to_addr

Send mail with content read from a file

mailx < content.txt [-s|--subject] "subject" to_addr

Send mail to a recipient and CC to another address

mailx [-s|--subject] "subject" [-c|--cc] cc_addr to_addr

Send mail specifying the sender address

mailx [-s|--subject] "subject" [-r|--from-address] from_addr to_addr

Send mail with an attachment

mailx [-a|--attach] path/to/file [-s|--subject] "subject" to_addr
made by @shridhargupta | data from tldr-pages