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Asked: 2026-05-27T01:11:57+00:00

I know there are ways to send email from terminal in Linux/MacOS, but I

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I know there are ways to send email from terminal in Linux/MacOS, but I can’t seem to find proper documentation on how to do that.

Basically I need it for my bash script that notifies me every time there is a change in a file.

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    Go into Terminal and type man mail for help.

    You will need to set SMTP up:

    http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20081217161612647

    See also:

    http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/09/send-mail-over-your-network.html

    Eg:

    mail -s "hello" "example@example.com" <<EOF
hello
world
EOF

    This will send an email to example@example.com with the subject hello and the message

    Hello

    World

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