news(1)                                                   news(1)



     NAME
          news - print news items

     SYNOPSIS
          news [-a] [-n] [-s] [items]

     DESCRIPTION
          news is used to keep the user informed of current events.
          By convention, these events are described by files in the
          directory /usr/news.

          When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents of
          all current files in /usr/news, most recent first, with each
          preceded by an appropriate header.  news stores the
          "currency" time as the modification date of a file named
          .newstime in the user's home directory (the identity of
          this directory is determined by the environment variable
          $HOME); only files more recent than this currency time are
          considered "current".

          The -a option causes news to print all items, regardless of
          currency.  In this case, the stored time is not changed.

          The -n option causes news to report the names of the current
          items without printing their contents, and without changing
          the stored time.

          The -s option causes news to report how many current items
          exist, without printing their names or contents, and without
          changing the stored time.  It is useful to include such an
          invocation of news in one's .profile file, or in the
          system's /etc/profile.

          All other arguments are assumed to be specific news items
          that are to be printed.

          If a DELETE is typed during the printing of a news item,
          printing stops and the next item is started.  Another DELETE
          within one second of the first causes the program to
          terminate.

     EXAMPLE
               news

          will print out all files in /usr/news that have not been
          read previously by the account owner.

     FILES
          /bin/new
          /etc/profile
          /usr/news/*
          $HOME/ .newstime



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     news(1)                                                   news(1)



     SEE ALSO
          profile(4), environ(5).





















































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