Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:54:35 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: frankg@idfw.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail ifconfig -a output to myself Message-ID: <199809161954.MAA11943@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01bde199$aa691060$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com>
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>From: "Frank Griffith" <frankg@idfw.com> >Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:44:31 -0500 >I want to run the command ifconfig -a and have the output >of this command be mailed to myself via the Internet. So, >I typed this command line: > ifconfig -a > mail my_emailaddress@my_domain.com >Of course this did not work. Can someone tell me the >proper syntax for this? Replace the ">" by "|". To get a little fancier, try something on the order of: ifconfig -a | mail -s "Home net config" my_emailaddress@my_domain.com david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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