Re: man pages text only

From: Al Sharka (asharka_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: 28 Sep 2004 21:00:21 GMT

Chris Rodgers <Chris_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

> I know this seems simple, but I have not done anything with man
> pages or n/troff for years. I know how to do "man [cmd]" to get
> help on a command, but if I want to save the text off in a file
> for printing on a Windows PC, how can I get plain text?

man command | col -b (or -bx)

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