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Re: How to view a troff formatted file?



* On 2021 22 Feb 06:04 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format.
> How do I view it?

Do you have the man program installed?

> I installed troffcvt but its man-page is non-informative.

I've used 'man ./filename.man' for a troff file formatted with the man
macro set.  This forces the man program to look at the path spec and not
its database.

- Nate

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