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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/*
     $HOME/.news_time
     /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
	  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]
SEE ALSO
     profile(4), environ(5)

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