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Use vi to read Unix manual
Name: Luke Chi Date: August 9, 2005 at 06:46:47 Pacific OS: Solaris CPU/Ram: 8
Comment:
UNIQUE=`date '+%y%m%d%H%M%S'` HEAD=/tmp/${LOGNAME} TAIL=man_1 TMP_FILE=${HEAD}_${UNIQUE}.$TAIL man "$@" | col -bx > $TMP_FILE sh -c "sleep 1; rm $TMP_FILE" & vi $TMP_FILE
Name: kamalpreet Date: August 9, 2005 at 21:02:01 Pacific
Reply:
there is an eaisier way man "command" > "file_name" now use any editor to view this file..
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Response Number 2
Name: Jim Boothe Date: August 10, 2005 at 06:11:31 Pacific
Reply:
On some platforms, and depending on your terminal type, redirecting output of man to a file will capture a large amount of binary garbage into the file, rendering it unreadable.
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