AW:Re: [ILUG] Printing man\troff pages openSUSE 10.2

[p.slabiak at linux-services.org]

Hi 

try this:

man yourmanpage | col -b > /tmp/yourmanpage.txt

lpr yourmanpage.txt

Kind Regards 

>Frank Murphy wrote:
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>> Okay,
>>
>> managed to add some man pages to manpath.
>>
>> How can I either print off the man pages,
>> or the original troff (which I can display in X)
>> preferably troff as they contain graphics?
>>
>> There doesn't appear to be a print option,
>> in either case
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>   
>Hi,
>
>If you have a printer up and running you can print a man page using the 
>following command:
>
>man -t manpagename | lpr
>
>Which formats the man page using troff and redirects output to lpr. Be 
>warned though some manpages are quite long indeed.
>
>Best regards
>Robert
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