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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NEWS 7
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_users
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: news \(mi print news items
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B news
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -a
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B -n
        !            12: ]
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -s
        !            15: ]
        !            16: [
        !            17: .I item ...
        !            18: ]
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: When invoked without options,
        !            21: this simple local news service
        !            22: prints files that have appeared in
        !            23: .BR /usr/news
        !            24: since last reading, most recent first,
        !            25: with each preceded by an appropriate header.
        !            26: The time of reading is recorded.
        !            27: The options are
        !            28: .TP
        !            29: .B -a
        !            30: Print all items, regardless of currency.
        !            31: The recorded time is not changed.
        !            32: .TP
        !            33: .B -n
        !            34: Report the names of the current items without
        !            35: printing their contents, and without changing
        !            36: the recorded time.
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B -s
        !            39: Report the number of current items.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: Other arguments
        !            42: select particular news items.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: If an interrupt
        !            45: is received during a news item, the
        !            46: next item is started immediately.
        !            47: Another interrupt
        !            48: within a second of the first causes the program to terminate.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: To post a news item, create a file in
        !            51: .FR  /usr/news .
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: You may arrange to receive news automatically by 
        !            54: registering your mail address in
        !            55: .FR /usr/lib/subscribers .
        !            56: A daemon mails newly posted news items
        !            57: to all addresses on the list.
        !            58: .SH FILES
        !            59: .F /usr/news/*
        !            60: .br
        !            61: .F $HOME/news_time
        !            62: date of last read news
        !            63: .br
        !            64: .F /usr/lib/subscribers
        !            65: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            66: .IR calendar (1), 
        !            67: .IR readnews (7)

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