my $cmd = 'mail -s "Test" testmail@server.com, < DailyReport_$d.txt'; print "Running [$cmd]\n"; system($cmd) == 0 or warn "Couldn't run [$cmd]: $! / $?"; #### my $cmd = "mail -s 'Test' 'testmail\@server.com' < 'DailyReport_$d.txt'";