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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 1998 23:49:53 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      groggy@iname.com
To:        Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mail ifconfig -a output to myself
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980916234912.627J-100000@abc.xyz.net>
In-Reply-To: <000e01bde199$aa691060$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com>

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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, 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?

use a pipe, not redirection. "|"


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