NNGREP(1)                 UNIX System V(Release 6.4)                  NNGREP(1)


NAME
      nngrep - grep for news group names (nn)

SYNOPSIS
      nngrep [ -ainprsu ] [ -l ] [ pattern ]

DESCRIPTION
      nngrep can print various selections of the available news groups.

      Without options, nngrep will list all currently subscribed newsgroups
      whose name matches any of the specified patterns.  If no pattern is
      specified, all subscribed groups will be listed.

      The selection of news groups against which the patterns are matches, and
      subsequently printed by nngrep can be limited or expanded using the
      following command line options and arguments:

      -a    Use both subscribed and unsubscribed groups.  Overrides the -u
            option.

      -i    Use only ignored groups, i.e. which are not in the presentation
            sequence.

      -n    Use only new groups.  Notice that nn considers a group to be new
            until you have read at least one article in the group, or you have
            unsubscribed to the group.  This means that even reasonable active
            news groups may remain "new" for quite some time if it only
            contains articles which are cross-posted to other groups which
            occur earlier in your presentation sequence.

      -p    Use only groups with unread (pending) articles.

      -r    Use only read groups, i.e. without unread articles.

      -s    Use only groups which are in the presentation sequence.

      -u    Use only unsubscribed groups.

      These options can be combined if they don't logically exclude each other.

      For example, to get the names of all "source" groups, you can use the
      command
            nngrep source

      You can use this to read a specific subset of news groups with nn; for
      example
            nn `nngrep -sp source`

LONG LISTING
      A long listing of the matched groups can be requested with the -l option.
      It will include the following information:



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      SUBSCR     Specifies whether the group is subscribed or not (yes/no).
      NEW        Specifies whether the group is new or not (yes/no).
      UNREAD     Shows the number of unread articles in the group (if any).
      SEQUENCE   Shows the group's index in the presentation sequence.
      GROUP      The name of the group.

FILES
      ~/.newsrc    The record of read articles
      ~/.nn/init   The presentation sequence

SEE ALSO
      nn(1), nncheck(1), nngoback(1), nngrab(1), nnpost(1), nntidy(1)
      nnadmin(1M), nnusage(1M), nnmaster(8)

AUTHOR
      Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark
      E-mail: storm@texas.dk





































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