#!/bin/bash
if [ ! $# = 2 ] ; then 
echo "Usage: $0 <news_server> <newsgroup>"
else
echo "group $2" > nc_pipe-file
echo "xhdr from 1-10000" >> nc_pipe-file
echo "quit" >> nc_pipe-file
nc $1 119 < nc_pipe-file | cut -d\  -f2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | sort | uniq 
rm nc_pipe-file
fi