Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 22:24:13 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Saving a man page to a text file Message-ID: <199710070324.WAA01820@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from jm@pluriproj.pt (Jose Monteiro) of "Mon, 06 Oct 1997 14:16:22 GMT." <3439f241.3996625@mail.leirianet.pt>
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> Hi, > > How can I save the contents os a man page to a text file without any > escape codes included? > > I tried > > $man xxxxx > xxxxx.txt > > but the text was not plain. How about: % man -t xxxx > xxxx.ps No escape codes! Its PostScript, but has no escape codes. :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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