Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:36:46 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <20050908173646.GO20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050908165328.GB37407@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz> <20050908165328.GB37407@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:53:28PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas 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?
>=20
> man -t foo > foo.ps
>=20
> will generate Postscript output, which is a lot better for printing.
Highly useful to know, but shouldn't we update the man page for man(1)?
-t Use /usr/bin/groff -S -man to format the manual page, pass=
ing
the output to stdout. The output from /usr/bin/groff -S -=
man
may need to be passed through some filter or another before
being printed.
This does not exactly spell 'output postscript' to me...
--Stijn
--=20
Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman no matter how far away she
is, she'll always hear you.
-- Cocktail
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