NEWS(1)                              SysV                              NEWS(1)



NAME
     news - print news items

SYNOPSIS
     news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ items ]

DESCRIPTION
     The news program is used to keep the user informed of current events.  By
     convention, these events are described by files in the directory,
     /usr/news.

     When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents of all current
     files in /usr/news, most recent first, with each preceded by an
     appropriate header.  The news program 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."

     Arguments other than the options listed below 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.

OPTIONS
     -a   Print all items, regardless of currency.  In this case, the stored
          time is not changed.

     -n   Report the names of the current items without printing their
          contents, and without changing the stored time.

     -s   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.

FILES
     /etc/profile
     /usr/news/*
     $HOME/.news_time

SEE ALSO
     profile(4), environ(5).