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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4464- June  1, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4464- June  1, 2025
 
VI MAN PAGES  
  
Try saving a man page to  
a file for viewing with vi.  
  
You will see a whole bunch  
of control characters.  
  
How can you save a man page  
in a form readable by vi?  
  
$ man ls | col -b > readable_file.txt  
  
  
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