Linux - Formating subject and words in an email using mutt

Question

I'm having some trouble to learn Linux and do some simple tasks, like the following:

I'm using MUTT to send an email with an attachment, but i need to format the text inside the email and in the subject. How can i make "ç", "ã" and spaces between lines? In portuguese we use them a lot.

Follows what i've got until now as an example:

echo "Friends, (Two spaces to the next line) ã ç " |/usr/bin/mutt -s "Subject - ã and ç needed" -a /home/cvna/ZELDA/example.txt -- cvfilho@timbrasil.com.br

If possible, could anyone post ways to advanced formatting like choosing kind of font, italic and so on?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Use a here document:

/usr/bin/mutt -s "Subject - ã and ç needed" -a /home/cvna/ZELDA/example.txt -- cvfilho@timbrasil.com.br <<EOF
Friends,

ã ç
EOF

For the two letters, if your locale ( LANG=pt_PT.utf8 ) is set correctly and your terminal can understand UTF-8, you should just be able to type them normally.