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 /var/news.

             When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents of
             all current files in /var/news, most recent first, with each
             preceded by an appropriate header.  news stores the
             ``currency'' time as the modification date of a file named
             .news_time 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
             terminate.

       FILES
             /etc/profile
             /var/news/*




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            $HOME/.news_time
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
                  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

      REFERENCES
            environ(5), profile(4)










































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