You don't need an editor. I forget where I saw this but I always use "man <foo> | col -b > <filename>" The 'col' command filters out the backspaces. Juan Martinez On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Rick Forrister wrote: > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:39:08 -0800 > From: Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Help > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > There is no way to capture a man to a file, I asked. > > > > Brian > > _PLEASE_ give serious consideration to loosing the html in email. Many > on > the lists just send it to /dev/null. > > That said, I rather wonder about whoever told you that you can't capture > man ouptut to a file. "man <foo> > <filename>" will capture the output, > but will have a lot of "_^H" and "^H_" character sequences in the text > file. You can get rid of these in an editor easily enough. Another > alternative is to use "man -t <foo>", this will send a postscript > version > of the man output to lp. > > best > rickf > > > -- > Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Giving power and money to politicians is like giving car keys > and alcohol to teenage boys." > --P. J. O'Rourke > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
