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[Pierre Abbat <phma AT webjockey.net>]

On Thursday 01 August 2002 06:33, Robin wrote:
> I still get my man pages looking something like:
> ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
>        locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
>
> ESC[1mSYNOPSISESC[0m
>        ESC[1mlocate ESC[22m[-d path] [--database=path] [--version] [--help]
> pattern...
>
> Is this a groff problem?

Looks like your terminal type setting doesn't match your terminal. Try "man 
-P cat cat" (this bypasses using less as a pager).

phma