[olug] Unix Tip: CONVERTING UNIX MAN PAGES

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CONVERTING UNIX MAN PAGES 

(Another approach)

To convert Unix Man pages 
to text format, you can make 
use of one feature of 'man' 
itself.  (check out man man)

Set environment variable 
PAGER to 'cat'.  Then run: 

'man command_name > command_name.txt'

eg. in csh, to see man ls in a text file
setenv PAGER cat
man ls > ls.txt

NOTE: Do not forget to 
unsetenv PAGER, else you will 
have to pipe every man command 
to 'more' or (my favourite) 'less'.


This tip generously supported by: amar_san at yahoo.com


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