---
name: "biabam"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "biabam"
version: "0.9.7-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/biabam"
---

# biabam(1)

biabam is a bash attachment mailer

## NAME

biabam - biabam is a bash attachment mailer

## SYNOPSIS

**biabam** *filename*\[**,***filename2*...\] \[**-s** *subject*\] *recipient*\[**,***recipient2*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The given *filename*(s) gets mailed to all *recipient*s. The body of the message is read on standard input.

If no text is piped into biabam, it will wait for text on standard input (finish with CTRL-D).

By default, the comma ',' character is the separator for attachments and recipients.

## EXAMPLE

  echo "Here are the tarballs you requested" \| \\\
    biabam foobar-0.7.8.tar.gz,coolapp-0.4.3.tar.gz,otherapp-4.3.0.tar.gz \\\
    \-s "Answer to your request" john@doe.org,irene@prima.org,cira@alpispa.es

## AUTHOR

This manpage was originally written by Bastian Kleineidam \<calvin@debian.org\> for the Debian distribution of biabam.

The main author of biabam is Mads Martin Jørgensen \<mmj@mmj.dk\>.