FROM(1)                 System General Commands Manual                 FROM(1)

NAME
     from - print names of those who have sent mail

SYNOPSIS
     from [-s sender] [-f file] [-FS] [user]

DESCRIPTION
     from prints out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox.

     The options are as follows:

     -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.

     -F      Print out the "From: " line instead of the "From " line. This can
             result in different information being presented.

     -s sender
             Only mail from addresses containing the supplied string are
             printed.

     -S      Display the subject of each message indented.

     If user is given, the user's mailbox, is examined instead of the
     invoker's own mailbox.  (Privileges are required.)

     On Interix systems the mailbox is alwaysa combination of the domainname
     and the username to reduce conflict.  However, from will check the name
     exactly specified with USER before attempting the mailbox with "domain-
     name+" prefixed to USER.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     Value used as the username of the mailbox to examine. Only used if no
     file specified and MAIL environment variable not set.  Filename to exam-
     ine as a mailbox.

FILES
     /var/mail/*

SEE ALSO
     biff(1), mail(1)

HISTORY
     The from command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BSD                              May 31, 2004                              BSD