Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:40:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Andrew Elmore <aelmore@interwoven.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing manpages Message-ID: <20040408193736.K26026-100000@frambozen.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20040408230216.GE84840@interwoven.com>
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Andrew Elmore wrote: > [...] I can't for the life of me figure out how to print a manpage. > The closest "man man" gives me is: > > -t Use /usr/bin/groff -S -man to format the manual page, passing 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. > > Any suggestions on what the command line for that filter looks like? I get good-looking results using, for example, man -t ipfw | lpr ...or plain-vanilla (but readable) results using man ipfw | lpr FWIW, this is with a Postscript printer. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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