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From: "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net>
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Subject: Formatting man pages -> txt file
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Hello,

I'd like to get a man page in .txt format.

What I tried was "man man > man.txt", but this gives me the man pages with many control char.

How can I get a man page to be formatted to a regular .txt file?

Thanks,

Alain