Regexp::Common::URI::news -- Returns a pattern for file URIs.

       Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

       Bound to be plenty.

$RE{URI}{news}
       Returns a pattern that matches news URIs, as defined by RFC 1738.  News URIs have the form:

           "news:" ( "*" | group | article "@" host )

       Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

       $1  The complete URI.

       $2  The scheme.

       $3  The part of the URI following "news://".

   $RE{URI}{NNTP}
       Returns a pattern that matches NNTP URIs, as defined by RFC 1738.  NNTP URIs have the form:

           "nntp://" host [ ":" port ] "/" group [ "/" digits ]

       Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

       $1  The complete URI.

       $2  The scheme.

       $3  The part of the URI following "nntp://".

       $4  The host and port, separated by a colon. If no port was given, just the host.

       $5  The host.

       $6  The port, if given.

       $7  The group.

       $8  The digits, if given.

       This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2024, Damian Conway and Abigail.

       This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses:

        1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
        2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
        3) The BSD License.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
        4) The MIT License.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.

perl v5.38.2                                       2024-08-10                     Regexp::Common::URI::news(3pm)

       This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.freedom.nl).

       Regexp::Common::URI::news -- Returns a pattern for file URIs.

[RFC1738]
           Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: UniformResourceLocators(URL). December 1994.

       Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

           use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

           while (<>) {
               /$RE{URI}{news}/       and  print "Contains a news URI.\n";
           }