1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 13.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 14.\" without specific prior written permission. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" @(#)from.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 29.\" $FreeBSD$ 30.\" 31.Dd December 30, 1993 32.Dt FROM 1 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm from 36.Nd print names of those who have sent mail 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm 39.Op Fl c 40.Op Fl f Ar file 41.Op Fl s Ar sender 42.Op Ar user 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46utility prints 47out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox. 48.Pp 49The following options are available: 50.Bl -tag -width indent 51.It Fl c 52Just print a count of messages and exit. 53.It Fl f Ar file 54The supplied 55.Ar file 56is examined instead of the invoker's mailbox. 57If the 58.Fl f 59option is used, the 60.Ar user 61argument should not be used. 62Read from standard input if file name 63.Dq Fl 64is given. 65.It Fl s Ar sender 66Only mail from addresses containing 67the 68supplied string are printed. 69.El 70.Pp 71If 72.Ar user 73is given, the 74.Ar user Ns 's 75mailbox is examined instead of the invoker's own mailbox. 76(Privileges are required.) 77.Sh ENVIRONMENT 78.Bl -tag -width indent 79.It Ev MAIL 80If set, the location of the invoker's mailbox. 81Otherwise, the default in 82.Pa /var/mail 83is used. 84.El 85.Sh FILES 86.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/mail/*" -compact 87.It Pa /var/mail/* 88.El 89.Sh SEE ALSO 90.Xr biff 1 , 91.Xr mail 1 92.Sh HISTORY 93The 94.Nm 95command appeared in 96.Bx 3.0 . 97