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.

Debian                                          December 30, 1993                                        FROM(1)