有时候想看看linux命令的说明文档,但是在linux下,如果直接man iptables>iptables.txt,
肯定会发现有很多^H字符(例如centos,有时候在其他发行版本中不会出现这种情况)。解决方法是,可以用col过滤,例如
man iptables | col -b > iptables.txt            -b表示过滤backspace字符
也可以用tee代替>
man iptables | col -b |tee iptables.txt
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man col:
NAME
     col - filter reverse line feeds from input

SYNOPSIS
     col [-bfpx] [-l num]

DESCRIPTION
     Col filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so the output is in
     the correct order with only forward and half forward line feeds, and
     replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be
     useful in processing the output of nroff(1) and tbl(1).

     Col reads from standard input and writes to standard output.

     The options are as follows:

     -b     Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character
     written to each column position.

     -f     Forward half line feeds are permitted (‘‘fine’’ mode).  Normally
     characters printed on a half line boundary are printed on the fol-
     lowing line.

     -p     Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged.
     Normally, col will filter out any control sequences from the input
     other than those recognized and interpreted by itself, which are
     listed below.

     -x     Output multiple spaces instead of tabs.

     -lnum  Buffer at least num lines in memory.  By default, 128 lines are
     buffered.

     The control sequences for carriage motion that col understands and their
     decimal values are listed in the following table:

     ESC-7       reverse line feed (escape then 7)
     ESC-8       half reverse line feed (escape then 8)
     ESC-9       half forward line feed (escape then 9)
     backspace       moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
     carriage return  (13)
     newline       forward line feed (10); also does carriage return
     shift in       shift to normal character set (15)
     shift out       shift to alternate character set (14)
     space       moves forward one column (32)
     tab       moves forward to next tab stop (9)
     vertical tab     reverse line feed (11)

     All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded.

     Col keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes
     sure the character set is correct when they are output.

     If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line, col will dis-
     play a warning message.

SEE ALSO
     expand(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)

STANDARDS
     The col utility conforms to the Single UNIX Specification, Version 2. The
     -l option is an extension to the standard.

HISTORY
     A col command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSD     June 17, 1991       BSD
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man tee:
NAME
       tee - read from standard input and write to standard output and files

SYNOPSIS
       tee [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Copy standard input to each FILE, and also to standard output.

       -a, --append
       append to the given FILEs, do not overwrite

       -i, --ignore-interrupts
       ignore interrupt signals

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
       output version information and exit

       If a FILE is -, copy again to standard output.

AUTHOR
       Written by Mike Parker, Richard M. Stallman, and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright ? 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms   of   the    GNU     General   Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for tee is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
       the info and tee programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

       info tee

       should give you access to the complete manual.

 

tee 5.97    February 2010    TEE(1)