Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:11:13 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to adjust man page line length Message-ID: <xeia7he29lxq.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com> (David J. Weller-Fahy's message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600") References: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com>
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600, "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com> wrote:
> To expand on the question in the subject: How does one tell `man` not to
> automatically format man pages to 80 columns? I'm looking for a fairly
> easy way to do this, or confirmation it would involve internal
> gymnastics I may not be willing to perform.
Set the 'columns' attribute of your tty:
stty columns 60
man xxx
This should do it.
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