Multiple choice technology operating systems

which of the following is not the unix command to send email

  1. mail

  2. mailx

  3. Mail

  4. email
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In Unix systems, 'mail', 'mailx', and 'Mail' are all legitimate commands for sending emails. The command 'email' does not exist as a standard Unix email utility. The other three are variations of mail clients available on Unix systems.

AI explanation

mail, mailx, and Mail (capital-M, a common alias/variant on some Unix systems) are all legitimate commands for sending/reading email from a Unix shell. 'email' is not a standard Unix mail-sending command — there's no canonical /usr/bin/email utility — so it's the one that doesn't belong.

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