NAME

       nntplist - obtain newsgroup list and other information from an NNTP server

SYNOPSIS

       nntplist [-x WildSpec] [-o OutputFile] [type]

DESCRIPTION

       nntplist  provides  a  convenient  interface  to  the  'LIST'  command  of  an  NNTP server, allowing the
       downloading of information such as lists of newsgroups.  It  is  in  fact  mostly  intended  to  be  used
       internally by various shell scripts which are in turn used by the trn(1) newsreader.

OPTIONS

       -x WildSpec
              This  option  allows  a  wildcard  specification to be passed to the server to limit the amount of
              information produced.

       -o OutputFile
              This option specifies an output file into which the data from the server is saved. If this  option
              is not given, the default is to write the data to standard output.

       type   This  specifies the type of information to be obtained from the server.  It can be any of the LIST
              command arguments your server accepts.  If type is not specified it defaults to ACTIVE.

EXAMPLES

       nntplist -x 'alt.*'

              This lists all the alt. newsgroups your newsserver currently  handles  (ie  those  in  its  active
              file).

AUTHOR

       Stan Barber was the original author of nntplist.

       Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote this manual page.

SEE ALSO

       newsgroups(1), trn(1)