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From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen)
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Subject: Re: Reading man pages with Help
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Date: 12 Jan 91 03:37:38 GMT
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Excerpts from ext.andrew: 10-Jan-91 A few stupid questions Anthony A.
Datri@apple.c (489)

o Am I the only one who uses Help to read man pages?

I, for some reason, prefer the following script:

    #!/bin/sh
    if [ "$DISPLAY" = "" ] ; then
        exec /usr/ucb/man $*
    else
        /usr/ucb/man $* | col -b | pipescript -t "nman $*" >/dev/null 2>&1
    fi

Bill