man pages in text file

serji · 10-18-2003, 07:36 PM

hello friends!

i need to copy the output of several man pages in a text file.
i know "man ls > /tmp/ls" is a wrong idea because the output of "man ls" is not in text format.
i ve tried to do "script /tmp/file" and then "man ls" but the result is the same.
i ve tried to do "cat /tmp/file | nano textfile" but nano does not support this.

what must i do???

thanks

speter · 10-18-2003, 08:08 PM

Man pages are simply groff, so try

groff -Tascii -man <manpagefile> > textfile

-Tascii forces ascii output, and -man uses the man page macro set.

Steve

HappyTux · 10-18-2003, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by serji
hello friends!

i need to copy the output of several man pages in a text file.
i know "man ls > /tmp/ls" is a wrong idea because the output of "man ls" is not in text format.
i ve tried to do "script /tmp/file" and then "man ls" but the result is the same.
i ve tried to do "cat /tmp/file | nano textfile" but nano does not support this.

what must i do???

thanks

You can get the man pages you want right here at this site in html then just cut'n'paste.

serji · 10-19-2003, 05:31 PM

OK, thanks

groff -Tascii -man <manpagefile> > textfile does not work. If i do:
groff -Tascii -man ls > textfile
it says me "troff:fatal error:cant´t open 'ls' "

if i do "man <manpagefile> > file" and then "groff -a file > anotherfile" the result is a man page in txt format but with an error: there are duplicated letters in several words like "SSIINNOOPPSSIISS"

The man pages in html is useful, but i prefer the man pages in spanish language

thank you very much! bye

speter · 10-19-2003, 08:11 PM

Two things: 1) You are typing in the actual name of the file where I put <manpagefile>, right? (For example ls isn't the actual name of the manpage file.) The duplicate letters you are seeing is the way the man macro set handles making a font bold, so try
groff -man file > anotherfile for your second step. As for having them in Spanish, the original file needs to be in Spanish. Lo siento, but creating html or txt will not make them Spanish.

2) Don't post the same question in two different forums.

Steve

serji · 10-20-2003, 03:34 PM

Oh, sorry

Do you want to say this?:

#man <manpage> > file
#groff -Tascii -man file > anotherfile

this does not work but thank you.

Mara · 10-20-2003, 03:59 PM

Please do not post the same thread in more than one forum. Picking the most relevant forum and posting it once there makes it easier for other members to help you and keeps the discussion all in one place.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/rules.php

Now there are two threads, the second one is http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...readid=105530.

Please choose one forum and post only one thread next time.