Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:53:28 -0500 From: david <ph1@cogeco.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP access via email (Was - OFF TOPIC - please help!!! etc...) Message-ID: <200211272153.28655.ph1@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <04fc01c29682$e6cc0380$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <OF6A965468.D0D3DDD4-ON80256C7E.00829377@pearsontv.com> <200211271907.07514.ph1@cogeco.ca> <04fc01c29682$e6cc0380$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
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On Wednesday 27 November 2002 21:07, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > From: "david" <ph1@cogeco.ca> > Subject: Re: FTP access via email (Was - OFF TOPIC - please help!!! > etc...) > > >On Wednesday 27 November 2002 18:48, Andrew.Hodgson@lpc.tv wrote: > >> Thanks for sending me the sh man page Paul (Beard) - unfortunately > > it was > > >> corrupted, with strange formatting and characters. This looks > > similar to > > >> when I have tried to pipe a manpage to a file, e.g. > >> > >> # man sh > ~/sh.txt > > > >Try more sh.txt > > Ummm, r u [sh]ure? > > #man sh > more sh.man.txt > Formatting page, please wait...Done. > No manual entry for sh.man.txt No, I am saying if you pipe the output of man sh to a file you will need = to=20 use more or less to view it because of the bold formatting, etc.=20 Right? > > OK, I'm a dumb shell scripter anyway, try this: > > #man sh > more ~./sh.man.txt > Unknown user: .. > > Hmmm, maybe csh is as brain dead as they say: > > #sh > > $ man sh > more sh.txt > No manual entry for sh.txt > > And, just to make sure I didn't misunderstand > your post: > > $more sh.txt > sh.txt: No such file or directory > > Maybe Paul Beard would send us his > groff-troff magic, and end my curiosity here.... > > Kevin Kinsey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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