* Nori Heikkinen (nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu) [030222 14:47]: > does anyone know of a command-line version of some biff or buffy or > whatever (mail notification program)? i just wrote a little shell > script to do it, that uses the xbuffy boxfile, but i was wondering if > there were packages out there for that purpose. > > i want this because often i'm logged in from some place i can't > X-forward to, and i want to see how many new messages i have in what > mailbox without opening all of them up. Using mbox? man --pager='less -s +/MAIL' bash Using maildir? Then the script is pretty simple; just count the number of files in the 'new' subdirs. Also see 'mutt -y'. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." --Noam Chomsky
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