Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:26:22 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <20050908142622.GN20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> 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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--pyE8wggRBhVBcj8z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:17:40AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to print 'man' pages. If I try a simple=20 > redirect, such as: "man foo > foo.txt" the new file is loaded with contro= l=20 > symbols, etc. that are not really printable. I want to save the files if= =20 > possible, and print them out at a later date. It that is not possible, ho= w=20 > would I go about printing them out in real time? $ gunzip -c `man -w ls` | groff -mdoc -Tps | lpr delivers a nicely formatted postscript manpage for ls(1) to your printer. I don't know if man can do it by itself. HTH, --Stijn --=20 The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means that only left handed people are in their right mind. --pyE8wggRBhVBcj8z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDIEoOY3r/tLQmfWcRAiHcAJ0cB9T18auCx+gBXZo/EsvbTCXUOwCfWp7E WMjtr3HHqzgFpymMSJS8irQ= =g/Sk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pyE8wggRBhVBcj8z--
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