This script will pull a summary of unread messages from your gmail account.

Gmail Summary

#!/bin/sh

IFS=$'\n'

arrayEmail=(`curl -u username:password --silent "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom" | sed -n '/<author>/,/<\/author>/p' | grep -a "email" | sed -e "s/\<email>//g">let Emails=${#arrayEmail[*]}
arraySubject=(`curl -u username:password --silent "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom" | grep -a "title" | grep -v 'Gmail - Inbox for' | sed -e "s/\<title>//g" | s>
let Subjects=${#arraySubject[*]}

i=1 
m=0

while [ $m -lt $Subjects ]; do
echo "${arrayEmail[$m]}"
echo "${arraySubject[$m]}"
echo
let m++
let i++
done