freebsd man page for from

Query: from

OS: freebsd

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FROM(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   FROM(1)

NAME
from -- print names of those who have sent mail
SYNOPSIS
from [-c] [-f file] [-s sender] [user]
DESCRIPTION
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 -f option 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
MAIL If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox. Otherwise, the default in /var/mail is used.
FILES
/var/mail/*
SEE ALSO
biff(1), mail(1)
HISTORY
The from command appeared in 3.0BSD.
BSD
December 30, 1993 BSD
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