On Friday 15 Nov 2002 9:59 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > Talking of which - I'm sure there is a way to get man files to print out, > but I can't do it. Can you help me, please
Thanks to Gerald Waugh back in Feburary: The "col" command filters out reverse line feeds so creates printable output: $ man <man_file> | col -b > filename.txt Example to make a printable file of the tar manual: $ man tar | col -b > tar.txt Then take a look at tar.txt in an editor before printing and you'll see that its all formatted for you. HTH Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today
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