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used: Add a -c flag to print a count of messages and exit. PR: 10921 Submitted by: James Howard <howardjp@byzantine.student.umd.edu> Requested by: DES
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" @(#)from.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
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.\" $Id: from.1,v 1.5 1999/07/26 23:12:12 green Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd December 30, 1993
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.Dt FROM 1
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm from
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.Nd print names of those who have sent mail
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm from
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.Op Fl c
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.Op Fl s Ar sender
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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.Op Ar user
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm From
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prints
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out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.
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.Pp
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Options:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl c
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Just print a count of messages and exit.
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.It Fl f Ar file
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The supplied file
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is examined instead of the invoker's mailbox.
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If the
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.Fl f
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option is used, the
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.Ar user
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argument should not be used.
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Read from standard input if file name
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.Ar -
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is given.
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.It Fl s Ar sender
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Only mail from addresses containing
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the
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supplied string are printed.
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.El
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.Pp
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If
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.Ar user
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is given, the
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.Ar user Ns 's
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mailbox, is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox.
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(Privileges are required.)
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Ev MAIL
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If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox. Otherwise, the default
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in /var/mail is used.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/mail/* -compact
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.It Pa /var/mail/*
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr biff 1 ,
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.Xr mail 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm from
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command appeared in
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.Bx 3.0 .
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