RE: how to get text only man pages?

["Chad W. Skinner" <chadws networksplus net>]

I am not in linux, but I believe there is a -t or -T that will process the
files, but I don't know what the output looks like before printing. I
typically do "man -t ldapd | lpr -PHP882C" and it prints the information
directly. I think the filter is groff if I remember correctly, does anyone
know if it adds printer commands or just strips the special chars out.

Chad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lazor [mailto:osmosis atfantasy com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:59 PM
> To: RedHat Mailing List
> Subject: how to get text only man pages?
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>
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> What would be a quick way to get text only man pages?
>
> The man command formats output by including extra characters to specify
> bold, font color, etc.  If I pipe the output to a text file, I end up with
> undisplayable and unprintable characters throughout the document.
>  Is there
> a way to tell man not to do this or at least filter the unprintable or
> undisplayable characters?
>
> Thanks =)
>
> -Ed
>
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