Very NOOBIE type question...weird though
 

Here we go. For some odd reason, when I SSH into my Linux box and read a Man page for a command, some of the letters and pages of the man page dont look normal. They have some added characters. Here is a bit from a manpage:

âc, ââchanges
like verbose but report only when a change is made

âf, ââsilent, ââquiet
suppress most error messages

âv, ââverbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed

ââreference=RFILE
use RFILEâs mode instead of MODE values

âR, âârecursive
change files and directories recursively

ââhelp display this help and exit

ââversion
output version information and exit

Whats up with all the ^^ over the 'a'
Any idea?

Tarballed

It's just a guess, but it looks as though it's having difficulty with the "-" symbol. The examples you provided look like options for a command like ./configure for instance:

--help

is an option of ./configure. Your ssh would look like

ââhelp

Yours (âc, ââchanges) would actually be reflecting

-c, --changes

Does this make sense? I hope so. :D

Your right Texicle! I remember a thread on this before but I don't remember the solution. Did you do a search?

No, I just looked at the examples he was referring to and then thought of how the man pages present the options for certain commands. I don't know what the cause of it is though.

Oh here is a thread that might help.