Bug#461784: backslash on man page

2008-09-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 03:12:15AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > $ man -w anacrontab|xargs zgrep continue > You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a '\'. > > No wonder. > > I have an idea, mention the word backslash and see how they do it on. > $ man -w bash|xargs zgrep

Bug#461784: backslash on man page

2008-01-20 Thread jidanni
Package: anacron Version: 2.3-13 $ man anacrontab|grep continue You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a ''. What do you mean ''? This is the first time I have heard of this new convention. Wait, $ man -w anacrontab|xargs zgrep continue You can continue a line onto t