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Re: Automating Disk Utility
From:
Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:01:11 +1100
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On 16/1/06 8:58 PM, "Chuck Pelto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> How can I capture the information in the manual to a text
> document? Simply?

Put this in your Script menu:

set theResult to (display dialog "Command to man:" default answer "")
do shell script ("man -t " & (text returned of theResult) ¬
    & " | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app")

-- 
Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>

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