Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:46:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@lix.intercom.es> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Mail ifconfig -a output to myself Message-ID: <XFMail.980916224646.megarcia@lix.intercom.es> In-Reply-To: <000e01bde199$aa691060$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com>
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On 16-Sep-98 Frank Griffith wrote:
> 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?
Try:
ifconfig -a | mail my_emailaddress@my_domain.com
The trick here is to use the pipe operator | instead of the
redirection one >
Hope this helps.
Manuel Garcia
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