I have the exact same issue after upgrading from xenial to bionic. I have a script that does this:
mail --attach "$log_file" --subject "$subject" "$recipient" < "$body_file" It was working on xenial. After upgrading to bionic, I get a mail with the attached file and an empty body. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1911894 Title: mail tool ignores body text from stdin if attachment is added To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailutils/+bug/1911894/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs