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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NEWSRC 5
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: newsrc \- information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: The
        !             6: .I .newsrc
        !             7: file contains the list of previously read articles and an optional
        !             8: options line for
        !             9: .IR readnews(1) " and " checknews(1).
        !            10: Each newsgroup that articles
        !            11: have been read from has a line of the form:
        !            12: .LP
        !            13: .I newsgroup: range
        !            14: .LP
        !            15: The
        !            16: .I range
        !            17: is a list of the articles read.  It is basically a list of no.'s
        !            18: separated by commas with sequential no.'s collapsed with hyphens.
        !            19: For instance:
        !            20: .LP
        !            21: .B general: 1-78,80,85-90
        !            22: .br
        !            23: .B fa.info-cpm: 1-7
        !            24: .br
        !            25: .B net.news: 1
        !            26: .br
        !            27: .B fa.info-vax! 1-5
        !            28: .br
        !            29: .LP
        !            30: If the : is replaced with an ! (as in info-vax above) the newsgroup
        !            31: is not subscribed to and will not be shown to the user.
        !            32: .LP
        !            33: An options line starts with the word
        !            34: .B options
        !            35: (left-justified).  Then there are the list of options just as they
        !            36: would be on the command line.  For instance:
        !            37: .LP
        !            38: .B "options \-n all !fa.sf-lovers !fa.human-nets \-r"
        !            39: .br
        !            40: .B "options \-c \-r"
        !            41: .LP
        !            42: A string of lines beginning with a space or tab after the initial options
        !            43: line will be considered continuation lines.
        !            44: .SH FILES
        !            45: .TP 25
        !            46: ~/.newsrc
        !            47: options and list of previously read articles
        !            48: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            49: readnews(1),
        !            50: checknews(1)

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