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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 06:32 PM

Hi.
Does anybody know how could I print the output of a man command into a file?
I've already tried with this command:
man <voice> > filename
but the output of the man command is formatted and my file is full of
strange characters...

Thanks!

F.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 06:32 PM

xy <f03121967@libero.it> wrote:
> Hi.
> Does anybody know how could I print the output of a man command into a file?
> I've already tried with this command:
> man <voice> > filename
> but the output of the man command is formatted and my file is full of
> strange characters...
>
> Thanks!

Use "col -b" in the pipeline, i.e.

man <voice> | col -b > filename

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 06:32 PM

"Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:416e8992$0$30716$18b6e80@news.wanadoo.nl...
> xy <f03121967@libero.it> wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Does anybody know how could I print the output of a man command into a
file?
> > I've already tried with this command:
> > man <voice> > filename
> > but the output of the man command is formatted and my file is full of
> > strange characters...
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Use "col -b" in the pipeline, i.e.
>
> man <voice> | col -b > filename

Right!!!
Thank you a lot!!!

F.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 06:32 PM

Hi,

Just another way of doing it :

man - man | tee filename

Or

man man | tee filename

Thanks

Michael

"xy" <f03121967@libero.it> wrote in message news:rNvbd.5634$1q2.4672@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> Hi.
> Does anybody know how could I print the output of a man command into a file?
> I've already tried with this command:
> man <voice> > filename
> but the output of the man command is formatted and my file is full of
> strange characters...
>
> Thanks!
>
> F.
>
>

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