NEWS(1) (Essential Utilities) 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.''
-a option causes news to print all items, regardless of
currency. In this case, the stored time is not
changed.
-n option causes news to report the names of the current
items without printing their contents, and without
changing the stored time.
-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
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terminate.
FILES
/etc/profile
/usr/news/*
$HOME/.news_time
SEE ALSO
profile(4), environ(5) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
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