Linux rn command
Updated: 11/06/2021 by Computer Hope
On Unix-like operating systems, rn is a newsgroup reader.
Syntax
rn
Commands
a-z, 0-9 | Select/deselect the indicated item by its letter or number. Many of the alpha letters are omitted for the following commands. |
SPACE | Perform the default command (usually > or Z). |
CR | Enter item(s). Selects the current item if nothing is selected. |
TAB | Start reading selected items. |
- | Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. |
@ | Toggle the selection of all visible items. |
. | Toggle the current item's selection. |
k, ',' | Mark the current group to kill all unread articles. |
E | Toggle exclusion of non-selected items from the selection list. |
n, ], down | Move down to the next item. |
p, [, up | Move up to the previous item. |
<, >, right | Go to previous/next page. |
^, $ | Go to first/last page. |
O | Set the selector's order. |
R | Reverse the current sort order. |
U | Switch between selecting empty/non-empty items. |
c | Catch up a group, marking the articles as read without chasing xrefs. |
= | Refresh the article counts in the selector (will re-grab active). |
^N | Switch to the next news source (the numbered GROUPs in ~/.rn/access). |
^P | Switch to the previous news source. |
^K | Edit the global KILL file. |
^E | Edit the current universal configuration file. |
\ | Escape next char as a command. A selector command is tried first, then a newsgroup-list command (force the latter with another \). E.g. \a adds groups, \\h gets you newsgroup-list help. |
& | Start the option selector or set command-line switches. |
&& | View or set macro definitions. |
:cmd | Perform command cmd on all the selected groups. |
::cmd | Perform command cmd on all non-selected groups. |
:.cmd | Perform command cmd on the current group. |
::.cmd | Perform command cmd on the all but the current. |
!cmd | Run command cmd in a subshell. |
h, ? | Display this help message. |
', Esc | Leave the selector and return to the original group selector. |
q | Quit current level. At top level, leave rn. |
Q | Quit the current level. At top level, go to the next selector. |
Examples
rn
Run the rn utility, which lets you read newsgroups.