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Date:      Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:48:55 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Formatting man pages -> txt file
Message-ID:  <20071012134855.GB67234@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071012071407.GB4636@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>
References:  <20071012071407.GB4636@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>

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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:14:07AM +0200, Alain G. Fabry wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to get a man page in .txt format.
> 
> What I tried was "man man > man.txt", but this gives me the man pages
> with many control char.
> 
> How can I get a man page to be formatted to a regular .txt file?

Others have already said. What I like is "man -t man > man.ps" to create
a Postscript file. Prints beautifully.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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