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25 lines
705 B
Bash
25 lines
705 B
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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# from.sh
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# Emulates the useful "from" utility in Solaris, BSD, etc.
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# Echoes the "From" header line in all messages
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#+ in your e-mail directory.
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MAILDIR=~/mail/* # No quoting of variable. Why?
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GREP_OPTS="-H -A 5 --color" # Show file, plus extra context lines
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#+ and display "From" in color.
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TARGETSTR="^From" # "From" at beginning of line.
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for file in $MAILDIR # No quoting of variable.
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do
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grep $GREP_OPTS "$TARGETSTR" "$file"
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# ^^^^^^^^^^ # Again, do not quote this variable.
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echo
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done
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exit $?
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# Might wish to pipe the output of this script to 'more' or
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#+ redirect it to a file . . .
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