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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071012134855.GB67234>