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from(1B)	   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,	 user‐
       name'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 attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWscpu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

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

SunOS 5.10			  28 Jan 2004			      from(1B)

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