How to set Mail Subject and Mail content by mail command in shell?

[micotao]

Hi, All:
I'd like to write a script which can send email to some specific receivers. I want to use mail command in my shell script to realize this, but I don't know how to set the Mail Subject,(say, "Test Email") when calling mail command in shell script. I don't want to input by interactive way, but only want to set the Mail Subject using some option of mail utility? Is there such an option?
I hope you can give me help.
Your kindly help will be highly appreciated.

 

[PHV]

man mail
man mailx

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[micotao]

Hi, PHV:
Thanks for your help.
I have use man mail to see, but I can't find such an option for specifiying Subject of one email. Does this means, mail command doesn't support this specifying Subject?
I use man mailx, and found such options which seems to make sense. It can use -s to specify the Subject string, and I guess it can use < to read message contents(message body) to the mailx command.But what makes me confused is that there is something totally diffent for "mail" and "mailx" command from each other. Say, -t means to display Toreciepient) field; while -t means to ignore all reciepients on the command line if you use mailx -t.
Does this mean, I can only use mailx to realize my requirement, specifying Subject field when calling the command in shell scripts. AM I right, PHV?
Thanks in advance!

 

[micotao]

Hi, PHV:
Again, as I mentioned in my last reply, -t in mailx will ignore all recipients in the commond line, then how can we display the To: field if we use mailx command? That is, although the mail is sent successfully, but we can't see the To: field in some email receiving interface (say, Outlook).
Do you think there is some solution to this issue? That is, not only to display the To: field but also to support Subject specifying on command line?

 

[predamarcel]

I think that you cold try:

$mailx -s "this is the subject" -t <<EOF
To: someone@domain.com

This is the body

End of body
EOF

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