Cleanscore ********** a perlscript to remove expired score entries from the newsreader slrn's scorefile (usually $HOME/News/.score). 1. Install ========== (1) Copy or move the script into a directory in your $PATH. The directory "$HOME/bin" usually is a good place for that. (2) Run cleanscore with at least the '-f ' argument. 2. Commandline options ====================== Required Options -f "File". Chose "filename" for cleaning. If "filename" is a directory clean all files in it. Standard Options for "help" and "version": -V "Version." Print Version and exit. -h "Help". Prints a help message. -b "Backup extention". Overwrites the default backup- extention ('.bak'). -d "Debug." Prints dates and status for each entry. -e n "Empty lines." Cut multiple empty lines down to N. -i "Ignore pattern". When scanning through a directory ignore files with names matching "pattern". The "backup extention" is matcht automaticly. -k n "Keep for N days". Do not remove expired entries, but instead hold them for N more days. This allows to keep expired entries so you can still edit them, eg change the expiry date. -r "Remove". Removes comment lines, i.e. lines beginning with '%'. (e.g. remove slrn generated comments when you use '#' for your own comments) -s "Save to". Save removed entries to "filename". -t "Test". Just check for expired entries but do not change the scorefile. Make sense with options -v or -d only. -v "Verbose." Prints all expired entries to stdout. 3. Copying ========== Cleanscore is distributed unter the terms of the GNU General Public License. 4. Changes ========== See NEWS.cleanscore 5. Author ========= Felix Schueller