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Section: User Commands (1)<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
<B>from</B>
- print names of those who have sent mail
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B></B>
[-<B>c</B>
]
[-<B>f </B><I>file</I>
]
[-<B>s </B><I>sender</I>
]
[<I>user</I>
]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B></B>
utility prints
out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.
<P>
The following options are available:
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT id="1"><B>-c</B>
<DD>
Just print a count of messages and exit.
<DT id="2"><B>-f </B><I>file</I>
<DD>
The supplied
<I>file</I>
is examined instead of the invoker's mailbox.
If the
-<B>f</B>
option is used, the
<I>user</I>
argument should not be used.
Read from standard input if file name
``-
''
is given.
<DT id="3"><B>-s </B><I>sender</I>
<DD>
Only mail from addresses containing
the
supplied string are printed.
</DL>
<P>
<P>
If
<I>user</I>
is given, the
<I>user </I><B>'s</B>
mailbox is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox.
(Privileges are required.)
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="4"><B>MAIL</B>
<DD>
If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox.
Otherwise, the default in
/var/mail
is used.
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<H2>FILES</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT id="5"><B>/var/mail/*
</B>
<DD>
</DL>
<P>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+biff">biff</A>(1),
<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+mail">mail</A>(1)
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<H2>HISTORY</H2>
The
<B></B>
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAE">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAF">FILES</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAH">HISTORY</A><DD>
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