Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:11:30 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Wayne <wc_fbsd@xxiii.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man pages in plain text - how to? Message-ID: <20060609201130.GB77110@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <4489C57A.40109@xxiii.com> References: <4489C57A.40109@xxiii.com>
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 03:01:14PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi, > > Was wondering how to get "man" to output pages in plain text? I want > the basic formating (indentation & whatnot) but NOT the bold and other > special effects. Just ascii text I can grep through. I tried setting > the terminal type to "dumb" and the stupid thing still tries to do > back-space overstrike bolding (jeesh - even LA-120s had fancier print > capabilities than that, IIRC.) % man man | more the / command in more/less is a grep-like search. But if you really really want plainest of plain text then "man -t" will generate postscript, pipe it into ps2ascii (in the Ghostscript port) and the result will be long lines but very plain text. With proper print filters installed "man -t man | lpr" produces beautiful printed man pages. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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