Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:49:29 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to print a man page Message-ID: <200311291549.29197.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20031128132502.K2753@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> References: <web-188788669@mail01.infosat.net> <200311282018.57848.ajacoutot@lphp.org> <20031128132502.K2753@bsd.billschoolcraft.com>
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:10, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > At Fri, 28 Nov 2003 it looks like Antoine Jacoutot composed: > > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > > > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > > > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > > Cool, never saw that method, I've used the following but of > course I end up with an extra file here unless I throw in an rm > command at the end for the file in question. > > man yourchoice | col -b > manpage.txt ; lpr yourchoice.txt > > Or the following script works, you could call it "manp.sh" > > --------------------snip-------------------- > #!/bin/sh > # > echo > echo "Formatting and printing the manpage called $1 " > echo > man $1 | col -b > $1.txt ; lpr $1.txt ; rm -f $1.txt > > echo "Your manpage has been sent to the printer " > echo > > --------------------snip-------------------- This restricts the quality of the output formatting to that achievable on a console. OK if you have only a primative printer but a far cry from the result achieved using Antoine's method; or more conveniently: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-printer In your method the intermediate explicit file is not needed, just pipe the output direct to the printer: $ man manpage | col -b | lpr=20 Malcolm Kay
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