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Subject: Re: how can i print man-files?
To: pvl@oskar.nanoteq.co.za (Pierre Van Leeuwen)
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 09:26:10 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: Pariy@ibs.msk.su, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199704141224.OAA21475@oskar.nanoteq.co.za> from Pierre Van Leeuwen at "Apr 14, 97 02:24:39 pm"
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In a previous message, Pierre Van Leeuwen said:
> > 
> >      hi!
> >      
> >      how can i print man-files? 
> >      
> >      Semion Pariy
> > 
> 
> This is sloppy, but it works for me :)
> e.g.:
> 
> man ls > ls.txt
> a2ps ls.txt  
> 
how about groff -man /usr/man/man1/ls.1 |lpr

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