Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:21:04 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <20050908131527.118E.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> In-Reply-To: <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz>
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On Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:35:35 PM Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > 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? > > > > > And if you don't care about PostScript, (think this is in the FAQ or > fortune or some such); > > man foo | col -bx > foo.txt > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey ********** Reply Separator ********** Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:15:27 PM Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. I had not heard of the 'col' program before. -- Gerard E. Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net "A friend with weed, is a friend indeed" Unknown
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