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From: jm@pluriproj.pt (Jose Monteiro)
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Subject: Saving a man page to a text file
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 14:16:22 GMT
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Hi,

How can I save the contents os a man page to a text file without any
escape codes included?

I tried 

$man xxxxx > xxxxx.txt 

but the text was not plain.

Thanks in advance,

Jose