From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 17 11:28:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA28367 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:28:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA28357 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:28:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) Received: from mailhost.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.18]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <53499(1)>; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:27:32 PDT Received: from gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com [13.231.133.90]) by mailhost.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA27396; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:26:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA08838; Fri, 17 Oct 97 14:26:28 EDT Message-Id: <9710171826.AA08838@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Matt Behrens Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Typewriter output into flat ASCII? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Oct 1997 07:43:35 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:26:27 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi, > > I want to know if there is an easy way to convert ``typewriter'' output > (from nroff) into flat ASCII with FreeBSD. > > Thanks! > > Matt Behrens | Help bring a free inter-user communication > http://www.zigg.com/ | system to the Internet. Join the NetPager > matt@zigg.com | Project! http://www.zigg.com/netpager/ col -b -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times