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I am using below command and it works:

uuencode stats.txt stats.txt | mailx -s "users" [email protected]

But when I put same command inside my shell script, it does not work.

I dont have email. I am using ksh. Can anyone tell me why it fails?

Solution: There was no error and no email sent either. When I used set -x for debug nothing was returned either for debug.

I moved the uuencode section out the function section in the script to a separate section. And it worked; the debug returned message and I got email

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  • Hi Drsin, it will be helpful if you post the error-messages your script prints. You can set -x in the first line of your script to help with debugging. Commented Feb 2, 2023 at 10:25
  • Thanks @markgraf. I removed the uuencode from the function within the script. It works now within its own section inside same script. The set -x was helpful to debug. Commented Feb 2, 2023 at 10:57
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    Does this answer your question? how to send multiple attachment in 1 email using uuencode Commented Feb 2, 2023 at 18:15
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    @roaima It would still be somewhat interesting to understand why it worked standalone on the command-line though ... Commented Feb 3, 2023 at 10:13
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    @AdminBee having used uuencode myself in years gone by (doesn't that make me feel old!) I can't see anything wrong with the single line snippet posted here. We'd need to see permissions on stats.txt and have an explanation of "it does not work" - for example, does uuencode not produce output, or does the mailx generate an error, or ...? Commented Feb 3, 2023 at 11:02

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