#!/bin/bash # # Count number of unread email messages. # # Setup MAIL="$HOME/mail" INBOX="$MAIL/INBOX" # Check if [ ! -d "$INBOX" ]; then exit fi # Calculate TOTAL="`find $MAIL -maxdepth 2 -name 'new' -exec ls {} \; | wc -l`" # Print if [ "$TOTAL" != "0" ]; then echo $TOTAL unread emails. fi # Current on INBOX TOTAL="`ls -1 $INBOX/cur/ | wc -l`" # Print if [ "$TOTAL" != "0" ]; then echo $TOTAL mails dangling at the INBOX. fi