Monday, March 02, 2020

Re: man to render pure text? (or a pipe in vi macros ?)

hello,

> > * is there a way to ask man to deliver pure (non-formatted) text ?
> Pipe its output through "col -b".

what is the gain of using col over fmt ?

> > * is there a way to introduce a | in vi macros?

> Yes, by prefixing it with a ^V character. To enter ^V in vi's input
> mode, press control-V twice.

grmbl ... how could i have missed this one ... thank you!

regards
marc

No comments:

Post a Comment