[olug] Unix Tip: VI MAN PAGES

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			Unix Tip 2016 - July  9, 2003

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VI MAN PAGES

Try saving a man page to 
a file for viewing with vi.

You will see a whole bunch 
of control characters.

How can you save a man page 
in a form readable by vi?

$ man ls | col -b > readable_file.txt


This tip generously supported by: kmehta at legato.com


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