On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 03:12:15AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > $ man -w anacrontab|xargs zgrep continue > You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a '\'. > > No wonder. > > I have an idea, mention the word backslash and see how they do it on. > $ man -w bash|xargs zgrep backslash
Or just check the groff documentation instead of needing to cargo-cult (see the "Character Translations" node in 'info groff'). The "\" should be replaced with "\e". (This is also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/94432.) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]