Linux and Unix rn command
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Reads newsgroups.
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rn commands:
| a-z, 0-9 | Select/deselect the indicated item by its letter or number. Many of the alpha letters are omitted for the following commands. |
| SP | Perform the default command (usually > or Z). |
| CR | Enter item(s). Selects the current item if nothing is selected. |
| TAB | Start reading selected items. |
| - | Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. |
| @ | Toggle the selection of all visible items. |
| . | Toggle the current item's selection. |
| k, ',' | Mark the current group to kill all unread articles. |
| E | Toggle exclusion of non-selected items from the b selection list. |
| n, ] | Move down to the next item (try down-arrow also). |
| p, [ | Move up to the previous item (try up-arrow also). |
| <, > | Go to previous/next page (try left-/right-arrow also). |
| ^, $ | Go to first/last page. |
| O | Set the selector's order. |
| R | Reverse the current sort order. |
| U | Switch between selecting empty/non-empty items. |
| c | Catch up a group, marking the articles as read without chasing xrefs. |
| = | Refresh the article counts in the selector (will re-grab active). |
| ^N | Switch to next news source (the numbered GROUPs in ~/.trn/access). |
| ^P | Switch to the previous news source. |
| ^K | Edit the global KILL file. |
| ^E | Edit the current universal configuration file. |
| \ | Escape next char as a command. A selector command is tried first, then a newsgroup-list command (force the latter with another \). E.g. \a will add groups, \\h gets you newsgroup-list help. |
| & | Start the option selector or set command-line switches. |
| && | View or set macro definitions. |
| :cmd | Perform a command on all the selected groups. |
| ::cmd | Perform a command on all non-selected groups. |
| :.cmd | Perform a command on the current group. |
| ::.cmd | Perform a command on the all but the current. |
| !cmd | Escape to a subshell. |
| h, ? | This help message. |
| ', ESC | Leave the selector and return to the rn-style group selector. |
| q | Quit current level. At top level, leave trn. |
| Q | Quit the current level. At top level, go to the next selector. |
rn
Run the newsgroup utility.