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this is a command line (linux) rfc reader
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rfc-reader
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This script is used to read RFC's, and search for RFC's by syntax.

It has support for BCP, FYI, IEN, STD, & RFC.

Usage
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Usage: rfc-editor <name (-n)|read (-r)|search (-s)> <####> <bcp|fyi|ien|std|rfc>
rfc-editor <latest>

Usage examples:
rfc-editor name 3334 rfc # displays RFC #3334 name
ex: 3334 Policy-Based Accounting. T. Zseby, S. Zander, C. Carle. October
2002. (Format: TXT=103014 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)

rfc-editor search <term> rfc # Displays index of matches with RFC #'s
ex: rfc-editor search transport rfc

0905 ISO Transport Protocol specification ISO DP 8073. ISO. April
1984. (Format: TXT=249214 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0892) (Status:
UNKNOWN)

0939 Executive summary of the NRC report on transport protocols for
Department of Defense data networks. National Research Council.
February 1985. (Format: TXT=42345 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)

rfc-editor read 38 fyi # read fyi #38

rfc-editor latest # shows list of latest rfc's

Requirements
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- Bash (http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html)
- Less (http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/)
- Wget (http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
- cURL (http://curl.haxx.se/)
- and a terminal emulator of some sort, either:
- Xterm (http://invisible-island.net/xterm/)
- aterm (http://aterm.sourceforge.net)
- mrxvt (http://materm.sourceforge.net/)
- rxvt (http://rxvt.sourceforge.net/)
- urxvt (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html)

Todo / Add
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License and Author
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Author:: Cesar Bodden (cesar@pissedoffadmins.com)

Copyright:: 2013, Pissedoffadmins.com

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 3 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, see .