> When I print a man page by using > man -t foo | lpr > it comes out formatted for A4 size paper. How can I force > the output to be for letter size (8-1/2 by 11 in) paper? > > This doesn't look as easy as it ought to be. > > jon > This is a script that I call "mantxt" to generate text from man pages. Suggestions for improvement are welcome. Mike -- #!/bin/bash if test $# != 2; then echo "Calling Format: mantxt <section> <name>" exit 1 fi if test -f /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1.gz; then zcat /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1.gz | groff -Tascii -mandoc | col -b elif test -f /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1; then cat /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1 | groff -Tascii -mandoc | col -b elif test -f /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1ssl.gz; then zcat /usr/share/man/man$1/$2.$1ssl.gz | groff -Tascii -mandoc | col -b else echo "cannot find file" fi exit 0 -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx
