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To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt>
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Subject: Re: Saving a man page to a text file 
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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.

How about:
% man -t xxxx > xxxx.ps

No escape codes! Its PostScript, but has no escape codes.  :-)
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