Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 17:45:36 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: sharpmind2@371.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to convert the content of man to plain text Message-ID: <20001109174536.A254@parish> In-Reply-To: <20001108230436.P5112@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:04:36PM -0800 References: <20001109050912.22960.fmail@371.net> <20001108230436.P5112@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:04:36PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * sharpmind2@371.net <sharpmind2@371.net> [001108 21:22] wrote:
> > man is hard to read, how to convert the content to plain text.
>
> nroff -man <manpage>
>
Hmm, except that the manpages are gzip'd so you need:
gunzip -c /path/to/manpage | nroff -man
But if you redirect that into a file, then view the file, it's still full of
N^HNA^HAM^HME^HE
c^Hch^Hhm^Hmo^Hod^Hd - change file modes
Best to use:
man <manpage> | col -b [> filename]
HTH
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