On Mon, Feb 05, 2007, willjay wrote:
>at the # or $ command line I need to send an email attachment. I know
>how to use uuencode, i think, but in gmail it am seeing the text not
>attachment.
>
>my syntax is
>
>uuencode filename filename | mail me@gmail.com

Uuencode use has been deprecated for at least a decade.

mutt -a filename -s 'subject here' me@gmail.com

Bill
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