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from

from(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  from(1B)

NAME

       from - display the sender and date of newly-arrived mail messages

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/from [-s sender] [username]

DESCRIPTION

       The  from utility prints out the mail header lines in your mailbox file to show you who your mail is from. If  username is specified, user-
       name's mailbox is examined instead of your own.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -s sender       Only display headers for mail sent by  sender.

USAGE

       See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of from when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).

FILES

       /var/mail/*

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       biff(1B), mail(1B), attributes(5), largefile(5)

SunOS 5.10							    28 Jan 2004 							  from(1B)