Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:30:10 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <43204AF2.7060800@scls.lib.wi.us> 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? > Not the best solution for every situation, but when I need hard copy I just go get well formatted versions from the web rather than trying to munge the output from the local system: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi You could save those views as HTML, I suppose. I prefer to always be getting the latest version. I also find that in a pinch (lame printer + no/slow Internet) it works OK to do man foo | lp -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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