Very Computer

I am wanting to print a man page, but if I do something like:

man ps | lpr

then the bolded text comes out of the printer l_o_o_k_i_n_g_ _l_i_k_e_ _
t_h_i_s

How can I filter the output of man so that it looks "normal" when
printed?

man ps | col -b | lpr

(works for me all the time on HP/UX).

Hartmut

: I am wanting to print a man page, but if I do something like:

: man ps | lpr

: then the bolded text comes out of the printer l_o_o_k_i_n_g_ _l_i_k_e_ _
: t_h_i_s

: How can I filter the output of man so that it looks "normal" when
: printed?

If you have Ghostscript setup, you can print very nice looking postscript
versions of the man pages.  man -t will output a postscript file.

Ray

Ashok
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Department of Oncology            University of Wisconsin-Madison

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for
reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."    -- Albert Einstein

Quote:>I am wanting to print a man page, but if I do something like:

>man ps | lpr

>then the bolded text comes out of the printer l_o_o_k_i_n_g_ _l_i_k_e_ _
>t_h_i_s

or (for a somehwat nicer output)

        #!/usr/bin/perl
        # (c) 1996 Heiko Schlittermann

        use File::Basename;
        $Me = basename($0);

        END { unlink $tmpdvi; }

        $tmpdvi = "/tmp/$Me.$$.dvi";

        $? and  die "$Me: got ", $? >> 8, "\n";

        system "dvips -f $tmpdvi";
        $? and  die "$Me: got ", $? >> 8, "\n";

        exit $?;

Heiko.