Awesome, Thanks!! Jake
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Re: SED Question > > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > >------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1C552.B5297DF0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >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/$uname | sed -e '/[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]:/b' -e d > > > >K, this shows all combinations of from:, which is kind of what I want, = > >but I only want the from: at the beginning of a email, not all the from: = > >in reply's etc... > > > >Can anyone help me out with this? > > How about: > > sed -e '/^From /b' -e d > > The only legal from at the beginning is "From " > > MB > > > > > >Thanks, > >Jake > > > >------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1C552.B5297DF0 > >Content-Type: text/html; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > ><HTML><HEAD> > ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > ><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=3DGENERATOR> > ><STYLE></STYLE> > ></HEAD> > ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey everyone, I am trying to make a = > >"FROM" script=20 > >that basically shows the person running the script who the mail is from = > >that=20 > >they have. Not very complex, but I can't seem to get it exactly how I = > >want it.=20 > >Currently, it works fine, but it shows too much info. This is what I=20 > >have...</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> cat /var/spool/mail/$uname | sed = > >-e=20 > >'/[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]:/b' -e d</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </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> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can anyone help me out with = > >this?</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jake</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > > >------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1C552.B5297DF0-- > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Redhat-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is God's job to forgive bin Laden. > It is our job to set up the meeting. > U.S. Marine Corp. > Visit - URL: http://www.vidiot.com/ (Your link to Star Trek and UPN) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list