If you intend to print man pages use the "-t" option and you will get Postscript output that is easier to read than dumb-ASCII.
Something like man -t chmod > chmod_manpage.ps Will generate a Postscript file for the "chmod" command that is formatted for letter-size pages with professional-like typesetting. 30 years ago I once had a notebook of these printouts it worked the same way then as now. UNIX was old, even then. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 9:20 PM R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > well you could pipe it through lpr. > > > but also, probably easier, you can pipe it to a file.. and then print > that file. > > > for example for ls: > > > $ man ls > ls-man.txt > > > check ls-man.txt, it should be an ascii/txt file. and you can print > that. > > > Ron > > On 3/7/21 10:08 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I guess I'm one of the guys that grew up reading the printed word, and to > > this day I grasp a howto 10 times better by reading it on paper. > > > > So, how is the best way to get a paper copy of a man page, since man > > doesn't seem to have the ability to redirect its screen output to a > > printer? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
