Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:47:14 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: setenv MANPAGER ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10203272345030.9176-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020328010218.L97853-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Is there an environment variable or an nroff/groff/troff/Xroff etc command > that "man something" can be piped through to reduce the manpage to simple > text? That is, how can a user "flatten" a man page of all its bold type? Pipe it through col -b. For example, to create a flat text file of the chmod manual page: man chmod | col -b > chmod.txt Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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