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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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