NAME

news-search - command line newsgroup scanner.

SYNOPSIS

news-search max_p ngname [ngname...] [param=value...]

DESCRIPTION

This program scans for newsgroup articles from the command line. The following arguments are supported.

  • max_p, maxinum number of posts to search (not return).

  • ngname, newsgroup pattern to search. May have more than one newsgroups to search at once.

  • Subject=pattern, look in the Subject: line.

  • From=pattern, look for author in the From: line.

  • Body=pattern, look for pattern in article body.

The pattern can be any Perl regular expressions.

The above pattern match keyword can also be prefixed with 'No', e.g.,

NoSubject=pattern

to ignore messages if pattern found in the Subject: line.

EXAMPLES

news-search 30 tor.housing Subject='rent|sublet|room|bdr|house|apt|apartment|condo' NoSubject='sale|FS'

This search the default 'news' nntp server. Or, to specify an alternative one:

export NNTPSERVER=news.easysw.com
news-search 80 cups.general cups.bugs Body='die|break|broke'

AUTHOR

@Author:  SUN, Tong <suntong at cpan.org>
@HomeURL: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Tong SUN. All rights reserved.