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From: puglia@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia)
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Subject: Re: Inverse Characters in man
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Date: 21 Jul 89 15:57:07 GMT
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What about using the ul commmnd with the -t and a terminal setting 
of dumb. The command will go something like
man <whatever> | ul -t dumb

This will turn them off.