Devrethman
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 29 Jan 2005
Posts: 141
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: Garbled man page formatting? |
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I believe my issue is best summarized with a picture:
http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mansucksmc8.jpg
apparently IMG tags don't work here, but anyway, for those of you who don't feel like clicking, this is what "man ls" looks like.
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LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
ls - list directory contents
ESC[1mSYNOPSISESC[0m
ESC[1mls ESC[22m[ESC[4mOPTIONESC[24m]... [ESC[4mFILEESC[24m]...
ESC[1mDESCRIPTIONESC[0m
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically
if none of ESC[1m-cftuvSUX ESC[22mnor ESC[1m--sortESC[22m.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
ESC[1m-aESC[22m, ESC[1m--allESC[0m
do not ignore entries starting with .
ESC[1m-AESC[22m, ESC[1m--almost-allESC[0m
do not list implied . and ..
ESC[1m--authorESC[0m
with ESC[1m-lESC[22m, print the author of each file
ESC[1m-bESC[22m, ESC[1m--escapeESC[0m
print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
ESC[1m--block-sizeESC[22m=ESC[4mSIZEESC[0m
use SIZE-byte blocks
ESC[1m-BESC[22m, ESC[1m--ignore-backupsESC[0m
do not list implied entries ending with ~
ESC[1m-c ESC[22mwith ESC[1m-ltESC[22m: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last modification of file status information)
with ESC[1m-lESC[22m: show ctime and sort by name otherwise: sort by ctime
ESC[1m-C ESC[22mlist entries by columns
ESC[1m--colorESC[22m[=ESC[4mWHENESC[24m]
control whether color is used to distinguish file types. WHEN may be `never', `always',
or `auto'
ESC[1m-dESC[22m, ESC[1m--directoryESC[0m
list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links
ESC[1m-DESC[22m, ESC[1m--diredESC[0m
generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
ESC[1m-f ESC[22mdo not sort, enable ESC[1m-aUESC[22m, disable ESC[1m-ls --colorESC[0m
ESC[1m-FESC[22m, ESC[1m--classifyESC[0m
append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
ESC[1m--file-typeESC[0m
likewise, except do not append `*'
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Any help would be really cool...
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