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Re: man files to text editor



On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 18:22, Gruessle wrote:
> Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
> I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
> So I will email it to my other pc.

# man -T ps <command>

will produce the manual page for <command> in postcript format. Maybe
you prefer a plain text file (use 'latin1' or 'utf8' in place of 'ps')
or the tex device independent format (use 'dvi').

See man(1) and groff(1) for more information (look for -T in both manual
pages).

-alf



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