uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (12/01/86)
Here's a cute little shell script that lists available news articles in multicolumn form, such as: [31] comp.lang.c [ 1] wny.yumyum [ 2] mod.sources [ 4] comp.unix.questio [ 1] comp.unix.wizards [ 1] mod.computers.sun [ 2] mod.computers.wor The script uses rn's -c and -s options. It's based on an alias by Jeff Forys at CU/Boulder. --------------------------- cut here -------------------------------- #! /bin/sh # Sun Nov 30 22:34:48 EST 1986 (...!sunybcs!gworek / ...!boulder!forys) # # cn - Check for available news, multicolumn style. # rn -s250 -c | \ awk '{ \ printf "[%2.2s] %-17.17s ", $5, $4; \ if ((NR % 3) == 0) \ print ""; \ } END { \ if ((NR) && (NR % 3)) \ print ""; \ }' --------------------------- cut here --------------------------------