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I was trying to render the troff file https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/master/common/man/C/backintime-config.1 in terminal.
How can I make the output (using cat or some other utility) look like the way man outputs troff file in the terminal?
Do I need to convert the troff file to some format understood by the terminal?
Note: I am not looking to export it to pdf or html
Just do
man "${Path-To-Troff-File}"
man this only works if the path contains a directory prefix.
– JdeBP
Jul 7 '20 at 16:25
manbuilt upongroffexists on at least (older) FreeBSD and Linux-based operating systems. – JdeBP Jul 7 '20 at 16:27groffer --tty your_fileis probably an easy way. (I see thatgrofferis provided by the groff package on Ubuntu, which is likely not installed by default). – fra-san Jul 7 '20 at 18:14