0.5.1/filter/estfxmantotxt

#! /bin/sh

#================================================================
# extfxmantotxt
# Convert man (troff-andoc) into plain text.
#================================================================


# set variables
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin:." ; export PATH
MANWIDTH=262144 ; export MANWIDTH
progname="estfxmantotxt"


# check arguments
if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
  printf '%s: usage: %s infile [outfile]\n' "$progname" "$progname" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi
infile="$1"
outfile="$2"
if [ -n "$ESTORIGFILE" ] && [ -f "$ESTORIGFILE" ]
then
  infile="$ESTORIGFILE"
fi


# check the input
if [ "!" -f "$infile" ]
then
  printf '%s: %s: no such file\n' "$progname" "$infile" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi


# initialize the output file
if [ -n "$outfile" ]
then
  rm -f "$outfile"
fi


# function to output
output(){
  if [ -n "$outfile" ]
  then
    cat >> "$outfile"
  else
    cat
  fi
}


# output the result
man "$infile" 2> "/dev/null" | col -b | tr '\t' ' ' | output


# exit normally
exit 0


# END OF FILE
1	dpavlin	2	#! /bin/sh
2
3			#================================================================
4			# extfxmantotxt
5			# Convert man (troff-andoc) into plain text.
6			#================================================================
7
8
9			# set variables
10			PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin:." ; export PATH
11			MANWIDTH=262144 ; export MANWIDTH
12			progname="estfxmantotxt"
13
14
15			# check arguments
16			if [ $# -lt 1 ]
17			then
18			printf '%s: usage: %s infile [outfile]\n' "$progname" "$progname" 1>&2
19			exit 1
20			fi
21			infile="$1"
22			outfile="$2"
23			if [ -n "$ESTORIGFILE" ] && [ -f "$ESTORIGFILE" ]
24			then
25			infile="$ESTORIGFILE"
26			fi
27
28
29			# check the input
30			if [ "!" -f "$infile" ]
31			then
32			printf '%s: %s: no such file\n' "$progname" "$infile" 1>&2
33			exit 1
34			fi
35
36
37			# initialize the output file
38			if [ -n "$outfile" ]
39			then
40			rm -f "$outfile"
41			fi
42
43
44			# function to output
45			output(){
46			if [ -n "$outfile" ]
47			then
48			cat >> "$outfile"
49			else
50			cat
51			fi
52			}
53
54
55			# output the result
56			man "$infile" 2> "/dev/null" \| col -b \| tr '\t' ' ' \| output
57
58
59			# exit normally
60			exit 0
61
62
63
64			# END OF FILE