Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #231937

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

Show all headers | View raw

On 02/22/2021 06:08 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2021-02-22 at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format.
>> How do I view it?
> 
> The naive approach would be to try:
> 
> $ man -l /path/to/man-page-file
> 
> There are probably other ways, but since this is specifically a man
> page, that'd be my first attempt.
> 

Worked like a charm. *THANK YOU*
As the file was large I did
    $ man -l /path/to/man-page-file > /path/to/my-reference-copy

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

How to view a troff formatted file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-02-22 13:10 +0100
  Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-02-22 13:10 +0100
  Re: How to view a troff formatted file? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-02-22 13:10 +0100
    Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Kevin Shell <kshell@gmx.com> - 2021-02-22 13:20 +0100
    Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-02-22 13:30 +0100
  Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> - 2021-02-22 14:00 +0100
    Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2021-02-22 17:00 +0100
      Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> - 2021-02-22 17:30 +0100
        Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 01:50 +0100
  Re: How to view a troff formatted file? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2021-02-23 00:30 +0100

csiph-web