On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 12:00:27PM +0530, Sandeep Shetty wrote:
> Hi all,
>        How can i redirect the contents of a man page to a file.
> If i type the command 
> 
> man ls > filename  
> 
> the contents of the filename will content a lot junk characters appear.
> can anybody help..? 

        man ls | col -bx > file

        http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Man-Page.html

have fun,

greg
-- 
military intelligence. portable C.

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