[comp.unix.questions] Need an "rn" macro

rkumar@buddha.usc.edu (CPR) (12/03/89)

To All you UNIX Gurus,

Wouldn't it be nice to have an rn macro which
collects all articles with the specified title
and dumps them into a file? I could then print
the file and read it. Would be much much easy
on the eyes.

C.P. Ravikumar
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jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (12/03/89)

In article <21549@usc.edu> rkumar@buddha.usc.edu () writes:
>Wouldn't it be nice to have an rn macro which
>collects all articles with the specified title
>and dumps them into a file? I could then print
>the file and read it. Would be much much easy
>on the eyes.

  Wouldn't it be nice if people who have simple questions that are
answered in available documentation would read said documentation
before posting said questions to the net?

  It seems to me that the command "/title/s filename" will do what you
want.  If you want to mark the messages read at the same time, I
believe that "/title/s filename:j" will do what you want.

  I leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out how to assign
this to an rn macro, although a hint is that you'll probably want to
look at the "&&" command.  You'll also probably want to read the man
page.  If you don't know where it is, ask whomever maintains rn at
your site.

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