Strange character on man pages
Hi,
Any man page output has errors on the characters, like this: ln [OPTION]... ‐‐target‐directory=DIRECTORY TARGET... DESCRIPTION Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME. If LINK_NAME is omitted, a link with the same basename as the TARGET is created in the current directory. When using the second form with more than one TARGET, the last argument must be a directory; create links in DIRECTORY to each TARGET. Create hard links by default, symbolic links with −−symbolic. When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. −−backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file −b like −−backup but does not accept an argument −d, −F, −−directory hard link directories (super‐user only) −f, −−force remove existing destination files −n, −−no−dereference : Any thoughts? |
Someone else had this same post a month or 2 ago. Basically, your "-" symbol isn't recognized for some reason. I can't recall exactly what the fix is, but if you search on the forums you'll find the answer I think.
Basically, for now, associate − with the symbol - . For instance: Quote:
‐‐target‐directory=DIRECTORY TARGET... I think they're / or \ symbols, but I'm just guessing: //target/directory=DIRECTORY TARGET... \\target\directory=DIRECTORY TARGET... Hope this helps.:D |
I was wondering if you got any other replies to the strange man page character issue and, if so, what was the fix. I am having the same issue.
Regards, Milton |
Try:
export LANG=C Put it at the bottom of: /etc/bashrc and will be set when you login. |
Excellent... this is a long way away from home for me (Solaris kernels and San enterprises); and every little bit is appreciated. Regards for the quick response David (because man pages are important to progress).
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