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From: gupta@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: mailbox summary script
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Date: 14 Apr 90 09:38:46 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!gupta    Apr 14 02:50:00 1990


> # count the total number of messages:
> set total = `grep "^From " $MAIL | wc | cut -c5-7`
> # count the number seen by elm:
> set seen = `grep "^Status: " $MAIL | wc | cut -c5-7`
> # count the number read:
> set read = `grep "^Status: R" $MAIL | wc | cut -c5-7`
> # count the number unseen by the user
> set unseen = `grep "^Status: O" $MAIL | wc | cut -c5-7`

I don't think BSD machines have cut. I simply got rid of the last pipe, tacked
the -l option onto the end of the wc command, and it worked on BSD.

Thanks for the script!

Rohit
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