On Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:35:35 PM Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Gerard Seibert wrote:
>
> > I am trying to figure out how to print 'man' pages. If I try a simple
> > redirect, such as: "man foo > foo.txt" the new file is loaded
> > with control symbols, etc. that are not really printable. I want to
> > save the files if possible, and print them out at a later date. It
> > that is not possible, how would I go about printing them out in real
> > time?
> >
>
>
> And if you don't care about PostScript, (think this is in the FAQ or
> fortune or some such);
>
> man foo | col -bx > foo.txt
>
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Kinsey
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Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:15:27 PM
Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. I had not heard of
the 'col' program before.
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Gerard E. Seibert
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