On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 06:43, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Hi, > At the moment I use this command to print man pages... > man lilo | col -b | lpr > This is fine if it is only one or two pages. > I do not seem to be able to redirect it to ordinary file > Why - then I may be able to use a editor and be able to print first > odd -reverse -then even - this will then use both sides of paper - save a > lot off paper and also make my paper files smaller. > Thanks > Johan
Do it like this: man lilo | col -b > lilo_manpage.ps Then, you can open a nice postscript viewer/editor and make it all pretty and then print it at leisure! (or save it to view as you desire, or change it into an HTML file for indexing on your system) -- Tue Jul 1 10:00:00 EST 2003 10:00:00 up 6 days, 9:46, 3 users, load average: 1.78, 1.89, 1.87 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * "Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!" "You can't *own* property, man!" "I can! That's because I'm not a penniless hippie!" --Farnsworth & hippie
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