December 30, 1993 FROM 1

### NAME

from - print names of those who have sent mail

### SYNOPSIS

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

### DESCRIPTION

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

Options:

-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.

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

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

### FILES

```/var/mail/*`

### SEE ALSO

biff(1), mail(1)

### HISTORY

The from command appeared in 3.0BSD.