1PAN(1)                      General Commands Manual                     PAN(1)
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NAME

6       Pan - read and post Usenet articles
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SYNOPSIS

9       pan [OPTIONS...]  [headers:GROUP-NAME | news:MESSAGE-ID]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Pan  is a Usenet newsreader that is good at both text and binaries.  It
13       supports offline reading, scoring and killfiles, yEnc,  NZB,  PGP  han‐
14       dling, multiple servers, and secure connections.
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USAGE

17       pan is a program that can be run headless in non-GUI mode, allowing for
18       batch processing of NZB files, downloading headers, and more.
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OPTIONS

21   General Options
22       -h, --help
23              Print usage information and exit.
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25       -v, --version
26              Print release version and exit.
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28       --verbose
29              Be verbose (in non-GUI mode).
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31       --debug
32              Run in debug mode.
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34   URL Options
35       headers:GROUP-NAME
36              Download new headers for the GROUP-NAME newsgroup.
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39              When specified together with --no-gui, dump the MESSAGE-ID arti‐
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42   NZB Batch Options
43       --nzb FILE-1 FILE-2 ...
44              Process NZB files in non-GUI mode.
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46       -o, --output=PATH
47              Path to save attachments listed in the NZB file(s).
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50              Only show console output, not the download queue.
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ENVIRONMENT

53       PAN_HOME
54              User data directory to use. Defaults to $HOME/.pan2.
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56       SSL_CERT_DIR, SSL_DIR
57              Directories to search for SSL certificates.
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BUGS

60       To report a bug, visit: http://pan.rebelbase.com/bugs/
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