On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:15:14 +0100 Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 13 Jun 2004 10:35 pm, robin wrote: > > Johan Sch wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > > > printing man files I do this .. man grub | col -b | lpr .. which > > > is ok. but.. > > > Please how can info files be printed, they seem to have more > > > detail. > > > > You can send them directly to lpr too, but I use a2ps for printing > > out both man and info pages (and indeed most text documents). The > > basic command is: > > > > info grub | a2ps -t grub > > > > This will print it out in two virtual pages, with the title "grub". > > There are a lot of options for both commands, so first look at > > > > info info > > > > and > > > > info a2ps > > > > The first can select which nodes you want to print, and the second > > will give you lots of printing options. > > > > Sir Robin > > For man pages, the man command can do it without any help: > man -t subject | lpr > > This has the advantage of retaining the bold and underline attributes, > which the "col -b" command strips. > > -- > Richard Urwin > Would like to thank the respondents for helping in this matter. Enjoy -- Johan Sch kernel 2.6.3-13mdk May this be a good day for learning Registered Linux User #330034
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