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Date:      Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:35:35 -0500
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Printing MAN pages
Message-ID:  <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg>

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Gerard Seibert wrote:

> I am trying to figure out how to print 'man' pages. If I try a simple
> redirect, such as: "man foo > foo.txt" the new file is loaded
> with control symbols, etc. that are not really printable. I want to
> save the files if possible, and print them out at a later date. It
> that is not possible, how would I go about printing them out in real 
> time?
>


And if you don't care about PostScript, (think this is in the FAQ or
fortune or some such);

man foo | col -bx > foo.txt

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey



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