Formatting man pages - txt file

2007-10-12 Thread Alain G. Fabry
Hello, I'd like to get a man page in .txt format. What I tried was man man man.txt, but this gives me the man pages with many control char. How can I get a man page to be formatted to a regular .txt file? Thanks, Alain ___

Re: Formatting man pages - txt file

2007-10-12 Thread Gerard
On October 12, 2007 at 03:14AM Alain G. Fabry wrote: I'd like to get a man page in .txt format. What I tried was man man man.txt, but this gives me the man pages with many control char. How can I get a man page to be formatted to a regular .txt file? man man | col -bx

Re: Formatting man pages - txt file

2007-10-12 Thread David Kelly
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:14:07AM +0200, Alain G. Fabry wrote: Hello, I'd like to get a man page in .txt format. What I tried was man man man.txt, but this gives me the man pages with many control char. How can I get a man page to be formatted to a regular .txt file? Others have