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NAME
from
- print names of those who have sent mail
SYNOPSIS
from
[-s sender
]
[-f file
]
[user
]
DESCRIPTION
From
prints
out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.
Options:
- -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.
- -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.
(Priviledges are required.)
FILES
- /var/mail/*
-
SEE ALSO
biff(1),
mail(1)
HISTORY
The
from
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
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