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howtos:general_admin:searching_and_reading_manpages_efficiently [2013/01/07 04:04 (UTC)] – general formatting cleanup mfillpothowtos:general_admin:searching_and_reading_manpages_efficiently [2015/09/14 17:33 (UTC)] (current) – [Navigation within a Manpage] add forgotten 'n' to 'manpage in 3rd line. cedric
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 Navigation commands are like those in vi: Navigation commands are like those in vi:
   * <key>'G'</key> end of the manpage   * <key>'G'</key> end of the manpage
-  * <key>g</key>,<key>g</key> first line of the mapage+  * <key>g</key>,<key>g</key> first line of the manpage
   * //n//,<key>'G'</key> nth line of the manpage   * //n//,<key>'G'</key> nth line of the manpage
  
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 ===== Formatting a Manpage as a PDF-document ===== ===== Formatting a Manpage as a PDF-document =====
 If you want to have a manpage as a PDF document you can use the command: If you want to have a manpage as a PDF document you can use the command:
-<code bash man2pdf.sh> +<code>man -t ls | ps2pdf - > ls-manpage.pdf</code>
-man -t ls | ps2pdf - > ls-manpage.pdf +
-</code>+
 which formats the manpage for the ''ls'' command into a pdf document which formats the manpage for the ''ls'' command into a pdf document
 named "ls-manpage.pdf". named "ls-manpage.pdf".
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