ccastjb@prism.gatech.EDU (Joubert Berger) (02/21/90)
Here is a quick little script that I converted to work with nn.
Originaly, it worked with rn.
Joubert
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# !/bin/sh
# Sun Nov 30 22:34:48 EST 1986 (...!sunybcs!gworek / ...!boulder!forys)
# Thu Feb 8 gt6152a@prism.gatech.edu
# Modefied cn to work with nn (patchlevel 10)
# NOTE: You might want to change the following line below:
# printf "[%3.3s] %-20.20", $2, $1; \
# ^^^^^
# This is the max length of the new group name that will be
# printed.
#
# cn - Check for available news, multicolumn style.
#
nncheck -Q -t | sort +1 -2 |\
awk '{ \
printf "[%3.3s] %-20.20s", $1, $2; \
if ((NR % 3) == 0) \
print ""; \
} END { \
if ((NR) && (NR % 3)) \
print ""; \
}'
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