Sending Excel Files as attachment using Mail

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Hie,

I need to attach an .xlsx file as an attachment to a mail. I have used the mail option but i dont think there is anything for attachment. Can you show me how else can i do it? I am not allowed to install mutt since it is a workplace and they have their restrictions. And its a Bash Shell

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would looking at the bottom of this (any) thread with the listing of "More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful" help in any way?

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$ sudo apt-get install mailutils
# yum install mailx

echo "Message Body Here" | mail -s "Subject Here" user@example.com -A backup.xls

$ mail -s "Subject here" -t user@example.com -A backup.xls < message.txt