---
name: "newsbody"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spellutils"
version: "0.7+debian-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/newsbody"
---

# newsbody(1)

Run a program on the body of a mail or news message

## NAME

newsbody - Run a program on the body of a mail or news message

## SYNOPSIS

**newsbody \[-fhqsv\] \[-k** *headername* **\] -n** *message* **-p** *program* **\[-- \[** *arguments...* **\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**newsbody** copies the body of a news or email article in *message* to a temporary file (called the *bodyfile*) and then calls *program* with its *arguments*. *program* is supposed to somehow change the *bodyfile*. It can for instance be a spell checker. Afterwards the possibly changed body is remerged with the headers and copied back into the *message*.

If *message* is specified as *-* then **newsbody** will act as a filter, i.e. standard input and standard output will be used.

**%f** in the *arguments* will be expanded to the name of the *bodyfile*, or **-** if the -f option is used. Use **%%** for a real % character.

## OPTIONS

- \-f

  The called program is a filter so don't make a temporary file, but pipe the body to its standard input and read it back from its standard output.

- \-h

  Keep the entire header. This flag can also be used if *newsfile* doesn't have a header at all.

- \-q

  Also remove quotes before filtering the body. Lines starting with \> are considered quotes.

- \-s

  Also remove signature before filtering the body.

- \-k headername

  Keep these header lines in the bodyfile. Multiple -k flags are allowed.

- \-v

  Print the version and exit.

## FILES

**newsbody** uses one or two temporary files with names given by the [**mkstemp**(3)](/mkstemp/3.md) or the [**tmpnam**(3)](/tmpnam/3.md) function.

## BUGS

If some system call gives an unexpected error **newsbody** will stop immediately with an error message leaving its temporary files.

## AUTHOR

Byrial Jensen \<byrial@image.dk\>

## SEE ALSO

[**pospell**(1)](/pospell/1.md).