bsd-from
FROM(1) BSD General Commands Manual FROM(1) from — print names of those who have sent mail
Synopsis
from [-c]
[-f file]
[-s sender] [user]
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description
The from utility prints
out the mail header lines from the invoker’s
mailbox.
The following
options are available:
-c
Just print a
count of messages and exit.
-f file
The supplied file is
examined instead of the invoker’s mailbox. If the
-f option is used, the user argument
should not be used. Read from standard input if file name
’’-’’ is given.
-s
sender
Only mail from addresses
containing the supplied string are printed.
If user
is given, the user’s mailbox is examined
instead of the invoker’s own mailbox. (Privileges are
required.)
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MAIL
If set, the
location of the invoker’s mailbox. Otherwise, the
default in /var/mail is used.
/var/mail/*
SEE ALSO
biff(1), mail(1)
The from command appeared
in 3.0BSD.
BSD
December 30, 1993 BSD