---
name: "rpreadnews"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "root-portal"
version: "0.5.2-2.1+b1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rpreadnews"
---

# rpreadnews(1)

Reads stories from news sites

## NAME

rpreadnews — Reads stories from news sites

## SYNOPSIS

**rpreadnews** \[*OPTIONS...\]  \[slashdot\|freshmeat\|segfault\|linuxtoday\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**rpreadnews**

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A description of  options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-u** **--urls**

  Display URLs in addition to story  headings. The odd numbered lines are the headings, the even  the URLs.

- **--old**

  Display all currently available news instead of just  new stuff.

## SEE ALSO

root-portal (1).

## AUTHORS

David Price (mantys@goldweb.com.au)

Michael Lucas-Smith (ich@darktech.org)

This manual page was written by David Price mantys@goldweb.com.au

## BUGS

Report bugs at  http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group\_id=4649

## COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or  (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the  GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.