On 2009-03-25, Grant Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: > How do you get a plain ascii file (no backspacing, no escape > sequences) out of "man"?
I know I can always drop down 2 levels and do somthing like this: bzcat /usr/share/man/bash.1.bz2 | troff -Tascii -mandoc | grotty -bcu >man.txt But, I'm surprised that there's no "higher level" method like the trusty old command that worked for at least 20 years: man bash | col -b >man.txt -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! A can of ASPARAGUS, at 73 pigeons, some LIVE ammo, visi.com and a FROZEN DAQUIRI!!