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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NEWS 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: news \- print news items
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B news
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B -a
        !             8: ]
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B -n
        !            11: ]
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I item ...
        !            14: ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: When invoked without options,
        !            17: this simple local news service
        !            18: prints files that have appeared in
        !            19: .BR /lib/news
        !            20: since last reading, most recent first,
        !            21: with each preceded by an appropriate header.
        !            22: The time of reading is recorded.
        !            23: The options are
        !            24: .TP
        !            25: .B -a
        !            26: Print all items, regardless of currency.
        !            27: The recorded time is not changed.
        !            28: .TP
        !            29: .B -n
        !            30: Report the names of the current items without
        !            31: printing their contents, and without changing
        !            32: the recorded time.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: Other arguments
        !            35: select particular news items.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: To post a news item, create a file in
        !            38: .BR  /lib/news .
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: You may arrange to receive news automatically by 
        !            41: registering your mail address in
        !            42: .BR /sys/lib/subscribers .
        !            43: A daemon mails recent news
        !            44: to all addresses on the list.
        !            45: .SH FILES
        !            46: .TF /sys/lib/subscribers
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B /lib/news/*
        !            49: articles
        !            50: .TP
        !            51: .B $HOME/lib/newstime
        !            52: modify time is time news was last read
        !            53: .TP
        !            54: .B /sys/lib/subscribers
        !            55: who gets news mailed to them
        !            56: .SH SOURCE
        !            57: .B /sys/src/cmd/news.c

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