Opening a newly created man file in a text editor BASH

Question

I've created a new groff file, now named junk-man.1.gz (as I've been asked to gzip file).

How do I view the man file in gedit? I want to be able to view the man file as in all its presented glory, not the original groff code.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '17 at 00:30

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in order to display a groff file as a manpage you have to render it.

Try:

zcat junk-man.1.gz | groff -man -Tascii

This should work.

answered Oct 28 '17 at 00:30

znpy

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