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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@texas.dk