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topcat · Sep 16, 2003, 10:00 PM

I'm trying to get familar with the UNIX rsync command, so I decided to save its man page as a file, then print it using TextEdit.

At the command line in Terminal I issued:
man rsync > rsync_man.txt, then checked the results with:
more rync_man.txt
This looked good:

rsync(1) rsync(1)

NAME
rsync - faster, flexible replacement for rcp

SYNOPSIS
rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]...

etc.

However, when I opened the file with TextEdit, the section headings had a weird doupling of the capitol letters!

rsync(1) rsync(1)

NNAAMMEE
rsync - faster, flexible replacement for rcp

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]...

What gives with this?

CharlesS · Sep 17, 2003, 01:21 AM

Make sure you're opening it with the ASCII text encoding?

Other than that, I have no idea what could cause that...

gethigh · Sep 17, 2003, 02:12 AM

That's freaky.

Have you tried just copying the man file straight out of the terminal. It'll be a pain in the ass but it's better than nuthin'.

Diggory Laycock · Sep 17, 2003, 02:34 AM

use ManThor

Chuckit · Sep 17, 2003, 02:51 AM

It appears to have something to do with how man colors and bolds the section headings. (You can't see it with more, but try less.) Couldn't tell you more than that, but that seems to be what it is, I think.