MAIL
If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox. Otherwise, the default in /var/mail is used.
from1
Print names of those who have sent mail
Usage
from [-c]
[-f
file]
[-s
sender]
[user]
Overview
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
-foption 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.)
Environment
Files
-
/var/mail/*
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 43 times.
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.5–2.1.7.1
- 2.2.2–3.3
- 3.4–3.5.1
- 4.0–4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5–4.6.2
- 4.7–4.11
- 5.0–5.5
- 6.0–6.3
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.3
- 8.4
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.3
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.4
- 11.0
- 11.1
- 11.2
- 11.3
- 11.4
- 12.0
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 12.3
- 12.4
- 13.0–13.2
- 13.3–14.5
- 15.0–16.0
-c since FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE.