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# Send an email from CLI
## TL;DR
```sh
mail -s "Subject" recipient@mail.server
echo "" | mail -a attachment.file -s "Subject" recipient@mail.server
# send larger files
cat file.txt | mail -s "Subject" recipient@mail.server
# make "email-safe" the contents of a file
uuencode file.txt | mail -s "Subject" recipient@mail.server
```
## Further readings
- [linux mail command examples]
- [uuencode]
[linux mail command examples]: https://www.binarytides.com/linux-mail-command-examples
[uuencode]: https://linux.101hacks.com/unix/uuencode/