Fink List : I am interested in "manning" a UNIX command and putting
the results into a file which I can
haul into emacs and then read.
I tried the following, and various forms, to end up with the same thing.
man rm > rm.dat
When I more rm.dat I get a nice readable file, here is a sample-
RM(1) System General Commands Manual
RM(1)
NAME
rm, unlink - remove directory entries
SYNOPSIS
rm [-dfiPRrvW] file ...
unlink file
DESCRIPTION
The rm utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files
specified
on the command line. If the permissions of the file do not permit
writ-
ing, and the standard input device is a terminal, the user is
prompted
%%%%% End Sample from more command
However, when I bring rm.dat into emacs it looks like this-
%%%%% begin Sample from emacs file
RM(1) System General Commands Manual
RM(1)
N^HNA^HAM^HME^HE
r^Hrm^Hm, u^Hun^Hnl^Hli^Hin^Hnk^Hk - remove directory entries
S^HSY^HYN^HNO^HOP^HPS^HSI^HIS^HS
r^Hrm^Hm [-^H-d^Hdf^Hfi^HiP^HPR^HRr^Hrv^HvW^HW] _^Hf_^Hi_^Hl_^He
_^H._^H._^H.
u^Hun^Hnl^Hli^Hin^Hnk^Hk _^Hf_^Hi_^Hl_^He
D^HDE^HES^HSC^HCR^HRI^HIP^HPT^HTI^HIO^HON^HN
The r^Hrm^Hm utility attempts to remove the non-directory type
files specified
on the command line. If the permissions of the file do not permit
writ-
ing, and the standard input device is a terminal, the user is
prompted
(on the standard error output) for confirmation.
The options are as follows:
-^H-d^Hd Attempt to remove directories as well as other
types of
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Any idea how to clear the emacs file of the garble that it picks up?
Also, any suggestions on a MAC OS X manual?
Mark
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