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>Hey everyone, I am trying to make a "FROM" script that basically shows =
>the person running the script who the mail is from that they have. Not =
>very complex, but I can't seem to get it exactly how I want it. =
>Currently, it works fine, but it shows too much info. This is what I =
>have...
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>  cat /var/spool/mail/$uname | sed -e '/[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]:/b' -e d
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>K, this shows all combinations of from:, which is kind of what I want, =
>but I only want the from: at the beginning of a email, not all the from: =
>in reply's etc...
>
>Can anyone help me out with this?

How about:

        sed -e '/^From /b' -e d

The only legal from at the beginning is "From "

MB


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>Thanks,
>Jake
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey everyone, I am trying to make a =
>"FROM" script=20
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>that=20
>they have. Not very complex, but I can't seem to get it exactly how I =
>want it.=20
>Currently, it works fine, but it shows too much info. This is what I=20
>have...</FONT></DIV>
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>'/[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]:/b' -e d</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>K, this shows all combinations of =
>from:, which is=20
>kind of what I want, but I only want the from: at the beginning of a =
>email, not=20
>all the from: in reply's etc...</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can anyone help me out with =
>this?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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