Attchment in mailx command is not happening

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Attchment in mailx command is not happening with -a option .
Please find below command I tried

mailx -s "test"  -a abc.txt alokjyotibal@gmail.com
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Which operating system/version is it?

The mailx '-a' switch is a relatively new option which is not supported on all implementations. Check your man page:

man mailx
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Okay, is the attachment file in the same directory that you are in?

Does the mailx command not output an error?

For good measure, try giving the full pathname of the attachment.

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file is in same path . but when i ecxecute this command , it seems it is waiting for some input

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file is in same path.

thanks.

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Yes, it's waiting for the email text to be input. If you terminate that the email should go with just a title and attachment.

For example, put your email text in a file called 'mailfile'

Then try this:

 
 echo "mailfile" | mailx -s "test"  -a "abc.txt" alokjyotibal@gmail.com
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thank you it worked :slight_smile:

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iam the one who is doing this in my pre-prod env...

i had used the mailx as well. but it is not working.

thanks.

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@maddelav......You still have something with mailx not working? Please explain.

EDIT: Two days and no response from maddalev. alokjyotibal (the OP) is happy so tagging this solved.