>> To get rid of the backspaces from the man command, use the "col" >> command: >> >> man vi | col -b > vi.txt > More's the point, how could I have discovered the existence > of col for myself? The biggest problem with getting things > done in Unix seems to be that you keep hitting these barriers > where you can't figure out the solution and you just have to > go and ask someone who knows.
The paper editions of the Unix manuals used to have a keyword-in-context index of all the commands - usually browsing that would give me an idea. I presume there is an electronic copy of the same thing somewhere on all Unix systems. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
