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From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
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Subject: Re: Formatting man pages -> txt file
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:14:07AM +0200, Alain G. Fabry wrote:
> 
> 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?

Others have already said. What I like is "man -t man > man.ps" to create
a Postscript file. Prints beautifully.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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