Unix Tip: CONVERTING UNIX MAN PAGES

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Unix Tip 2971 - March 26, 2010

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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@yahoo.com

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