Re: Extract last email from an email file (mbox format)

In article <CAJhTkNhhnO-TXOY-rxCQY-e7220hfwvvVNMJHzrJ9s8FS1HCiw@mail.gmail.com> you write:
>Hi how can I efficiently extract the last email in a huge mbox email file?
>
>Kind regards,

If your version of tail has the -r option as most do, this will work:

tail -r mailbox | sed -e '/^From /q' | tail -r