Hi there,
I would like to compare the man files for tune2fs 1.42.13 (my installed version) and 1.43-WIP.2016.03.15 which I've downloaded.
I've created a text file from the installed 1.42.13 version by a simple
Code:
man tune2fs > tune2fs
However the corresponding downloaded 1.43-WIP.2016.03.15 file, tune2fs.8.in appears to be in a ROFF format.
I read that the following command allows you to read ROFF man files:
Code:
groff -man -Tascii < ./tune2fs.8 | less
That works great, but when I try
Code:
groff -man -Tascii < ./tune2fs.8 > tune2fs
the resulting text in the file tune2fs has additional, presumably formatting characters, often between letters, and sometimes of the form e.g.
How do I generate a text file from tune2fs.8.in that will appear as it would if I installed 1.43-WIP.2016.03.15 (which I don't want to do) and piped man tune2fs to a text file?