Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:23:01 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <43204945.7090107@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg>
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Gerard Seibert wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to print 'man' pages. If I try a simple > redirect, such as: "man foo > foo.txt" the new file is loaded with > control symbols, etc. that are not really printable. I want to save the > files if possible, and print them out at a later date. It that is not > possible, how would I go about printing them out in real time? "man -t man > man.ps" will generate a PostScript version of the manpage and save it to the file man.ps. Read up on groff/gtroff if you need some other format. -- -Chuck
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