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The mail command in bash!

The mail command is used to send and receive email messages from the command line. Here are some basic examples of how to use it:

Sending an email

To send an email using mail, you can use the following syntax:

mail -s "Subject" [email protected]

Replace Subject with the subject of your email, and [email protected] with the email address of the recipient.

You will then be prompted to enter the body of the email. You can type in the message, and then press Ctrl+D to send the email.

Receiving email

To receive email using mail, you can use the following syntax:

mail

This will display a list of your email messages. You can then use the following commands to manage your email:

• 1 to read the first message
• 2 to read the second message
• d to delete a message
• r to reply to a message
• q to quit

Other options

Here are some other options you can use with the mail command:

• -c to compose a new email message
• -f to specify a file containing the email message
• -s to specify the subject of the email message
• -a to specify an attachment to the email message

Example usage

Here's an example of how you might use the mail command to send an email:

$ mail -s "Hello from bash!" [email protected]
Subject: Hello from bash!

Hello,

This is a test email sent from the bash shell.

Best,
Your Name

$ Ctrl+D

And here's an example of how you might use the mail command to receive email:

$ mail
Mail version 8.1.2 02/02/2005. Type? for help.
"/var/mail/username": 2 messages in body of this mail.

1  (1/2)  From  [email protected]  Tue Feb  2 14:30:00 2023
   Subject: Test email

2  (2/2)  From  [email protected]  Tue Feb  2 14:35:00 2023
   Subject: Another test email

?  to delete
d  to save and delete
m  to reply
r  to reply all
s  to save and return
?  to help

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