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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CHECKNEWS 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: checknews \- check to see if user has news
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .BR checknews " [ " ynqevv " ]  [ "
        !             6: .IR "readnews options" " ] "
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I checknews
        !             9: reports to the user whether or not he has news.
        !            10: .TP 10
        !            11: .B y
        !            12: Reports ``There is news'' if the user has news to read.
        !            13: .TP 10
        !            14: .B n
        !            15: Reports ``No news'' if there isn't any news to read.
        !            16: .TP 10
        !            17: .B q
        !            18: causes checknews to be quiet.
        !            19: Instead of printing a message, the exit status indicates news.
        !            20: A status of 0 means no news, 1 means there is news.
        !            21: .TP 10
        !            22: .B v
        !            23: alters the
        !            24: .B y
        !            25: message to show the name of the first newsgroup containing unread news.
        !            26: Doubling
        !            27: .B v
        !            28: (e.g.
        !            29: .BR vv )
        !            30: will cause an explanation of
        !            31: .I any
        !            32: claim of new news,
        !            33: and is useful if
        !            34: .B checknews
        !            35: and
        !            36: .B readnews
        !            37: disagree on whether there is news.
        !            38: .TP 10
        !            39: .B e
        !            40: Executes
        !            41: .IR readnews (1)
        !            42: if there is news.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: If there are no options,
        !            45: .B y
        !            46: is the default.
        !            47: .SH FILES
        !            48: .PD 0
        !            49: .TP 25
        !            50: ~/.newsrc
        !            51: /usr/lib/news/active
        !            52: Active newsgroups
        !            53: Options and list of previously read articles
        !            54: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            55: inews(1),
        !            56: postnews(1),
        !            57: readnews(1)

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