{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "nntidy",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nntidy/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-05T07:43:57Z",
    "synopsis": "nntidy [ -aciNQrsuv ]  [ group ]...",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "nntidy - tidy your personal .newsrc file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "nntidy [ -aciNQrsuv ]  [ group ]...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "nntidy will clean out non-existing groups, adjust obviously wrong article numbers, and remove\nbadly formed lines from your .newsrc file.\n\nIt may optionally remove ignored groups, unsubscribed groups, and groups which are  not  part\nof your presentation sequence or the groups specified on the command line.\n\nYou should run nntidy if your rc file has been corrupted for some reason.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-a -cisu.",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-a"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-c",
                    "content": "older news readers, such as readnews(1)\n",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-i",
                    "content": "`X' in the GROUPS file.\n",
                    "flag": "-i"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-r",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-r"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-s",
                    "content": "the init file.  If one or more groups are specified on the command line,  entries  not\nmatched by these groups (and their subgroups etc) will be removed.\nNotice  that  depending on how you construct the presentation sequence, this may cause\nunsubscribed groups to be removed from .newsrc, but this will not normally happen.\n",
                    "flag": "-s"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-u",
                    "content": "only the news group name and the `!' mark.\n",
                    "flag": "-u"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-v"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-N",
                    "content": "back to disk.  This can be used with the -v option to see whether tidying is required.\n",
                    "flag": "-N"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-Q",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-Q"
                }
            ]
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "~/.newsrc        The record of read articles\n~/.newsrc.tidy   The original rc file before tidy\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "nn(1), nncheck(1), nngoback(1), nngrab(1), nngrep(1), nnpost(1)\nnnadmin(1M), nnusage(1M), nnmaster(8)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark\nE-mail: storm@texas.dk\n\n\n\n\n\n4th Berkeley Distribution                    Release 6.6                                   NNTIDY(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "nntidy - tidy your personal .newsrc file",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-a",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "older news readers, such as readnews(1)"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "`X' in the GROUPS file."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-r",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-s",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "the init file. If one or more groups are specified on the command line, entries not matched by these groups (and their subgroups etc) will be removed. Notice that depending on how you construct the presentation sequence, this may cause unsubscribed groups to be removed from .newsrc, but this will not normally happen."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-u",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "only the news group name and the `!' mark."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-N",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "back to disk. This can be used with the -v option to see whether tidying is required."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-Q",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "nn",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nn/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nncheck",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nncheck/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nngoback",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nngoback/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nngrab",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nngrab/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nngrep",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nngrep/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nnpost",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nnpost/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nnadmin",
            "section": "1M",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nnadmin/1M/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nnusage",
            "section": "1M",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nnusage/1M/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nnmaster",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nnmaster/8/json"
        }
    ]
}