On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Jake McHenry wrote: > 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... > > cat /var/spool/mail/$uname | sed -e '/[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]:/b' -e d > > 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... >
The `frm' command which is included as part of the elm package is designed to do exactly what you want. It will display the sender and the subject line for each message in your mailbox. -- John Darrah (u05192) | Dept: N/C Programming Giddens Industries | Ph: (425) 353-0405 #133 PO box 3190 | Ph: (206) 767-4212 #133 Everett WA 98203 | Fx: (206) 764-9639 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
