How do I send a file as an email attachment using Linux command line?

Question

I\'ve created a script that runs every night on my Linux server that uses mysqldump to back up each of my MySQL databases to .sql files and packages them togeth

Answer 1

Mailutils makes this a piece of cake

echo "Body" | mail.mailutils -M -s "My Subject" -A attachment.pdf mail@example.org

• -A file attaches a file
• -M enables MIME, so that you can have an attachment and plaintext body.

If not yet installed, run

sudo apt install mailutils