Is it possible to attach a file to an email from the command line?

Question

I am often using the terminal, and I'd like to be able type a command that will attach a selected file to an email in mail.app.

:~ mailme myfile

Any idea on how to do that?

HenningJ · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 13:10:54Z

up vote 10 down vote accepted

The command

open -a Mail.app [filename(s)]

opens a "New Message" window in Mail.app, with the filename(s) attached.

answered Nov 15 '11 at 13:10

HenningJ
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excellent, thanks, I'll make myself an alias – kaklon Nov 15 '11 at 16:32

Dali · Answer 2 · 2012-11-19 11:22:00Z

up vote 4 down vote

Works also with Thunderbird

open -a Thunderbird filename

It seems that yout can attach only one file to a new e-mail.

edited Nov 19 '12 at 11:22

answered Nov 15 '11 at 14:28

Dali
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	Could you give an example for `open -a Thunderbird [filename(s)]` . I tried the following but none worked open -a Thunderbird ["filename1","filename2"] open -a Thunderbird [filename1,filename2] open -a Thunderbird ['filename1','filename2'] for single files `open -a Thunderbird filename` works like a charm. – avk Nov 3 '12 at 3:41
	Oops, sorry. I did't tested it before posting. It seems attaching more files doesn't work. I'll edit the answer. – Dali Nov 19 '12 at 11:21

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