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	#! /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