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NNGREP(1)                              General Commands Manual                             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:

       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 AT texas.dk


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