Reading Man Pages Like Normal Text Files?
Can anyone tell me how I would display man pages with the left margin jsutified on column 1 and the right margin ragged (similar to a normal text file) rather than left justified and right justified in a column on the right side of the screen? I use large fonts in a console window and the format of man pages is just too distracting. I've tried using "man [command] > [command].txt" but I end up with control characters. I would be happy if I could figure out how to get the "less" command to ignore indents altogether.
[Edit: Okay, I checked wiki and I found out that I can use this command to get plaintext: man foo | col -b > foo.txt I can then load it into a text editor and remove all indents. Still, I wonder if there is an easier way to read man pages in text and without indents on the fly?]
[Edit: Okay, I checked wiki and I found out that I can use this command to get plaintext: man foo | col -b > foo.txt I can then load it into a text editor and remove all indents. Still, I wonder if there is an easier way to read man pages in text and without indents on the fly?]
