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How can I make the man command not use a pager?

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Mar 15, 20261310 views
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How can I force the command to not use a pager, and instead output the whole manpage at once and keep all highlighting? If I use or , I lose highlighting.

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Long reading of manuals for man, less, groff and grotty finally gave me answer Highlighting by default is made using backspace sequences: => bold c, => underlined c. But if output as is using cat as pager just outputs plain c in both cases. Also bla…

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