Category: Tools

Send a mail over a linux shell

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Installation: $> sudo apt-get install sendmail $> sudo apt-get install mailutils $> sudo apt-get install postfix Send messages using the mail-command To check If  postfix is installed and ready to work on your system, you can try: $> mail info@ask-sheldon.com Subject: TEST TESTETST EOT (Shortcut: ctrl + shift + d) Reconfiguration of postfix on Debian […]

Upload File via FTP on shell

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To upload a file on the shell via FTP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol) you can use the wput command. Therefor you have to install it with your systems package manager (aptitude in this example): $> sudo apt-get install wput Now you can upload files like that: $> wput loacalfiletoupload ftp://user:password@host/path/to/target/on/remote/host Attention: The target path have to be relative to […]