Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:32:31 +0100 From: "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to view .ascii file? Message-ID: <200408231532.31074.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <41298C0F.3070600@att.net> References: <41298C0F.3070600@att.net>
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On Monday 23 August 2004 07:17, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> I'm trying to read the 'paper.ascii' file contained in
> /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz and it is
> a mess. This is a tutorial on "make". I've unzipped
> the file in a WinXP machine and I can't find a display
> tool that will not show the formatting stuff in the file.
If you wish to clean it up, so it can be read by any editor, try:
lynx -dump paper.ascii > paper.txt
lynx seem to do a slightly better job than less and more. Although that
may be due to my terminal.
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