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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, username'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  attri-
     butes:



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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | compatibility/ucb           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


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











SunOS 5.11          Last change: 28 Jan 2004                    1