Generating printable redirection output with ">"

[Dick Roark]

I am trying to generate printable output by using

     man k lpr > lprman.txt

This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by text
which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent these confusing
characters from being generated?

Thanks.

[Ed Greshko]

On 04/25/2010 10:46 AM, Dick Roark wrote:
>  I am trying to generate printable output by using
>
>       man k lpr > lprman.txt
>
>  This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by
>  text which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent these
>  confusing characters from being generated?
>
>  Thanks. 
This is from memory.... but I believe I've done something like...

man sar | nroff -nman > sar.txt



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[Ed Greshko]

On 04/25/2010 03:16 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>  On 04/25/2010 05:01 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 04/25/2010 10:59 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> On 04/25/2010 10:46 AM, Dick Roark wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am trying to generate printable output by using
> >>>
> >>>       man k lpr>  lprman.txt
> >>>
> >>> This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by
> >>> text which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent
> these
> >>> confusing characters from being generated?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >> This is from memory.... but I believe I've done something like...
> >>
> >> man sar | nroff -nman>  sar.txt
> >>
> >>
> > and sometimes
> >
> > man sar | nroff -nman | enscript
>
>  Hi,
>
>  a little bit simpler: "man -t sar"
>  
Yes, that is simpler.....  :-)

It was from memory....a memory of years ago and the system was actually
a version of Unix call Epix.  I don't think "man -t" existed back then.

Thanks....
-- 
SNH, SNH, SNH.
(Soul Music)
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[Joachim Backes]

On 04/25/2010 05:01 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 04/25/2010 10:59 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 04/25/2010 10:46 AM, Dick Roark wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to generate printable output by using
> >>
> >>       man k lpr>  lprman.txt
> >>
> >> This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by
> >> text which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent these
> >> confusing characters from being generated?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> > This is from memory.... but I believe I've done something like...
> >
> > man sar | nroff -nman>  sar.txt
> >
> >
>  and sometimes
>
>  man sar | nroff -nman | enscript 
Hi,

a little bit simpler: "man -t sar"

-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de&gt;

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

[Ed Greshko]

On 04/25/2010 10:59 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 04/25/2010 10:46 AM, Dick Roark wrote:
>    
> > I am trying to generate printable output by using
> >
> >      man k lpr > lprman.txt
> >
> > This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by
> > text which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent these
> > confusing characters from being generated?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >     
>  This is from memory.... but I believe I've done something like...
>
>  man sar | nroff -nman > sar.txt
>
>     
and sometimes

man sar | nroff -nman | enscript



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[David]

On 4/24/2010 10:46 PM, Dick Roark wrote:
>  I am trying to generate printable output by using
>  
>       man k lpr > lprman.txt
>  
>  This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by text
>  which was "bold" in the original output.  How can I prevent these
>  confusing characters from being generated? 

Use this script.


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#!/bin/bash
## INSTALLATION:
## MAKE A FILE mancon AND PLACE IT IN THE /USR/BIN DIRECTORY, YOU MUST
BE ROOT TO DO THIS ## CHMOD IT TO 700 - * CHOWN TO YOUR USERNAME - *
(chown user:user /usr/bin/mancon) ## TYPE IN mancon AT THE TERMINAL AND
YOU SHOULD SEE "What is the man page?" ## ANY QUESTIONS VISIT
HTTP://CODE-HEADS.COM

echo "CodeHeads Man Page Conversion"
read -p "What is the man page?? " M
if [[ $M == "" ]]
then
echo "Sorry need a MAN page to convert"
else
man $M | col -b > ~/$M.txt
echo; echo "Your file has been saved as $M.txt in your home directory"
fi
---------------------------------------------

Print the result.

-- 


  David