On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:26:27PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:55:29PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote: > > > > Try man xxx | col -b > text-filename > > > > > > This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should send the > > > formatted manpage to stdout, instead of messing with the pager. > > > Replace `foo' with the desired program name. > > > > > > $ man --pager cat foo | col -b > text-filename > > > Well perhaps it should not work, but it does. I have used the construct > > for years now. In chasing down the man pager, it appears to default to > > 'less'. > > Actually, it depends on certain environment variables, few configfiles, > etc. In the default Debian setup, it won't work.
I think less is smart enough to know that it's being piped and so runs as a filter, but it's probably not the default pager (since it's not installed by default on a base install). Ken > > > Try it you may like it - simple and quick. > > I meant ``it shouldn't work for you''--of course I tried it first ;-) -- Ken Irving, Research Analyst, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 907-474-6152 Water and Environmental Research Center Institute of Northern Engineering University of Alaska, Fairbanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
