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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
>
>
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