Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:58:48 -0400 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> Subject: Re: Formatting man pages -> txt file Message-ID: <20071012065701.8BC3.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20071012071407.GB4636@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> References: <20071012071407.GB4636@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>
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On October 12, 2007 at 03:14AM Alain G. Fabry wrote: > 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? man man | col -bx > man.txt -- Gerard
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