Re: retrieve usenet article by message ID in terminal

On 2/4/24 3:23 PM, Marco Moock wrote:

Some weeks ago somebody posted a way to retrieve a complete message in
the terminal by the msg id.

Similar to yeti's line, in one line shell script, but like a pro
interactively asking for message id, shows message in less viewer.
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#!/bin/sh
function nsearch { read ID?"Message ID: "; printf "%s\r\n" "article \$ID" quit . | nc news.blueworldhosting.com nntp | less; }; nsearch
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