then you're not going to like this
ksh --???ESC --man 2>&1 | less -r
stderr is a byproduct of the api that produces the output
basically getopt(3) on steroids
btw, --??? lists the options available to all commands
--???ESC is documented there
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:28:53 -0400 Norman Ramsey wrote:
> >
> > if you use the command line --man and --html options then
> > its already split w.r.t. option and operand documentation
> > ksh --man
> > wait --man
> > continue --man
> I tried these again and was reminded of why I don't use them: they
> write to standard error, not standard output. And while man(1)
> does something magical so that the pager works with bold and
> underlined characters,
> ksh --man 2>&1 | less
> does something unpredictable depending on platform. Sometimes I get
> plain ASCII with no bold or underline. Other times I get an
> unreadable mess of what appear to be vt100 escape codes. I like
> having man(1) take care of these things for me. It is bad enough to
> have to add '| less' to
> mumble -man
> I am way am too old and stubborn to type 2>&1 as well.
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