How to call mail
To call the mail
command in Linux or Unix, you can use the following syntax:
mail [options] [recipient]
Here, [options]
are optional flags that can be used to customize the behavior of the mail
command, and [recipient]
is the email address of the person you want to send the email to.
Some common options for the mail
command include:
-s
or--subject
: specifies the subject line of the email-b
or--body
: specifies the body of the email-c
or--cc
: specifies the email addresses of carbon copy recipients-b
or--bcc
: specifies the email addresses of blind carbon copy recipients-a
or--attach
: specifies a file to attach to the email
For example, to send an email to [email protected]
with the subject "Hello" and the body "This is a test email", you can use the following command:
mail -s "Hello" -b "This is a test email" [email protected]
To send an email to multiple recipients, you can separate their email addresses with commas:
mail -s "Hello" -b "This is a test email" [email protected],[email protected],[email protected]
To attach a file to an email, you can use the -a
option followed by the name of the file:
mail -s "Hello" -b "This is a test email" -a example.txt [email protected]
Note that the mail
command is a simple text-based email client, and it may not support all the features of a full-fledged email client like Gmail or Outlook. If you need to send more complex emails or attachments, you may want to consider using a more advanced email client or a web-based email service.