Access Last Mail Only (redhat)
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I'm working on a redhat server with a lot of cron jobs. What I have been doing is cat var/spool/mail/uname. However, the size of it is constantly growing and causes me to lose previous console stuff from earlier.
Is there an alternative to the naive cat that will allow me to only print the most recent mail?
rhel email
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Mike Palmice
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I'm working on a redhat server with a lot of cron jobs. What I have been doing is cat var/spool/mail/uname. However, the size of it is constantly growing and causes me to lose previous console stuff from earlier.
Is there an alternative to the naive cat that will allow me to only print the most recent mail?
rhel email
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
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usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read
– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15
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I'm working on a redhat server with a lot of cron jobs. What I have been doing is cat var/spool/mail/uname. However, the size of it is constantly growing and causes me to lose previous console stuff from earlier.
Is there an alternative to the naive cat that will allow me to only print the most recent mail?
rhel email
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
I'm working on a redhat server with a lot of cron jobs. What I have been doing is cat var/spool/mail/uname. However, the size of it is constantly growing and causes me to lose previous console stuff from earlier.
Is there an alternative to the naive cat that will allow me to only print the most recent mail?
rhel email
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
asked Mar 5 at 14:44
Mike Palmice
1012
1012
1
usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read
– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15
add a comment |Â
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usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read
– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15
1
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usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.
mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.
mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15
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Try using mailx: Type mail and then $ to read your last mail message.
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
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L.Ray
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
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Try using mailx: Type mail and then $ to read your last mail message.
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
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up vote
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Try using mailx: Type mail and then $ to read your last mail message.
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
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up vote
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down vote
up vote
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Try using mailx: Type mail and then $ to read your last mail message.
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
Try using mailx: Type mail and then $ to read your last mail message.
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
edited Mar 5 at 18:45
Jeff Schaller
31.2k846105
31.2k846105
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
answered Mar 5 at 17:58
L.Ray
1967
1967
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usually folks use a mail reader (e.g.
mutt) to look at mails. another option would be to eliminate what I call cron spam so there are not a bazillion mails to read– thrig
Mar 5 at 14:58
... or fix the cron jobs to do proper logging and to not spew thing onto standard output or standard error.
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:14
Is the mail folder I specified the same as "standard output"? This is my first time with Cron, I’m not the dba, and it appears to be happening automatically. Mutt looks like a good solution
– Mike Palmice
Mar 5 at 15:15