SUMMARY : MAN OUTPUT FORMAT

From: Ade Faleti (afaleti@dllr.state.md.us)
Date: Thu Mar 11 1999 - 12:12:14 CST


the original question was:

Hi There,

How do i format the output of man pages to remove the unusual
characters in the output ,

SU _d_a_t_e _t_i_m_e _r_e_s_u_l_t _p_o_r_t
_u_s_e_r-_n_e_w_u_s_e_r

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From:

"Sullivan, John" <jsullivan@NetGenics.COM>

i.e., instead of "man date", use:
man date | col -bx | more
or (for a not-yet-installed raw man page doc you want to view):
nroff -man date.1 | col -bx | more

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From:
        David Staggs <dstaggs@vumclib.mc.vanderbilt.edu>

Try:
man su | col -b > su.txt

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I will like to thank all the others that provided solution

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