---
name: "nnpost"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nn"
version: "6.7.3-16"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nnpost"
---

# nnpost(1)

post news articles (nn)

## NAME

nnpost - post news articles (*nn*)

## SYNOPSIS

**nnpost** \[ -**dksy** *string* \] \[ -**f** *file* \] \[ -**p** \] \[ *group*... \]

## DESCRIPTION

**nnpost** is used to post new articles using *nn*'s normal interface, but without entering *nn* in reading mode.

When started, it reads the *init* file and then directly executes *nn*'s **:post** command.

It will prompt for a (comma-separated) list of news groups, the article subject, a list of keywords, a summary, and the distribution of the article.  Each of these prompts can also be supplied via command line options or arguments as described below.

When prompted for the "Newsgroup:", entering a **?** as the first key will cause *nnpost* to list all the known news groups and their purpose (if this information is available).  You can also enter **/** followed by a word or regular expression which will cause *nnpost* to produce a (much) shorter listing only containing the groups whose name and/or purpose description matches the regular expression.  When paging through either list, you can enter **q** to quit the listing.

If a source file is specified with **-f** it will be used as the initial article body.  If the **-p** option is also specified, the article is posted directly without editing.

*nnpost* can be used to do unattended postings if sufficient arguments are provided on the command line to build the header and the body of the article.  The required arguments are: one or more newsgroups, a subject (**-s**), a source file (**-f**), a distribution (**-d**), and the **-p** option.  Other fields which are not specified (e.g. keywords) will not be included in the header.  The contents of the *news-header* variable in the init file will be included in the header.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *distribution*

  Use the specified *distribution* for the article.

- **-k** "*keywords*"

  Associate the specified *keywords* with the article.

- **-s** "*subject*"

  Use the specified *subject* for the new article.

- **-y** "*summary*"

  Include the given *summary* in the article header.

- **-f** *file*

  Read the article *body* from the specified file.

- **-p**

  Post the article specified with **-f** without editing.

## FILES

\~/.nn/init	The control variables for *nnpost*.

## SEE ALSO

[nn(1)](/nn/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark\
 E-mail: storm@texas.dk