If you prefer using mutt as your command line email tool, then here are a couple of examples of using mutt to send emails which can be automated quite easily to use in scripts.

Sending a file attachment (-a) and an empty message body:

$ mutt -s "System Logs" -a /var/log/somelog.log -- username@example.com < /dev/null

Sending a message body using redirection:

$ mutt -s "Email Subject" username@example.com < email.html

Sending a file attachment along with a message body:

mutt Examples

Sending just a file attachment (-a) and an empty message body: $ mutt -s “System logs” -a /opt/backup.sql – user@example.com < /dev/null Sending a message body using redirection: $ mutt -s “Email subject” test@example.com < email.html Sending a file attachment along with a message body: $ echo $message | mutt -s “Subject” -a attachment.txt – me@myemail.com