Linux Attach Multiple files Using Mailx

Question

I am trying to send multiple attachments but not working using mpack/mailx

example below

#!/bin/bash

fileName1="/tst/test.xls"
fileName2="/tst2/test1.csv"
mailBodyFile="/tmp/test.tmp"
MailTo="[email protected]"
TodayDate=$(date)


recordCount="`cat ${fileName1} | wc -l`"

mailSubject="Test ${TodayDate}"

if [[ ${recordCount} -gt 1 ]]
then
    
    echo -e "Test,\n\nTest123" > ${mailBodyFile}
    mailx -s "${mailSubject}" -a ${fileName1} ${fileName2} -d ${mailBodyFile} ${MailTo}

else

    echo -e "xyz" > ${mailBodyFile}
fi

is there another option to send multiple attachment files?

the script hangs when using mpack (multiple attachments not supported).

Answer 1

You can attach multiple files with mailx, you just need to proceed each filename with the -a option. Also, -d puts mailx into "debug" mode, it doesn't allow you to specify a file as the body of the message. You could just "cat" the body of the message to mailx, or use standard redirection. The end results would be something like:

mailx -s "${mailSubject}" -a "${fileName1}" -a "${fileName2}" -d "${MailTo}" < "${mailBodyFile}"