[Example] View man pages as pdf

Shell Programming and Scripting
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This is a simple example of a shell script. I made it because it's sometimes convenient to search through a manpage and to have access to the terminal while you're reading (maybe to test code).

It also serves as a basic example for anyone learning shell scripting.

#!/bin/sh

nm="/tmp/$1.pdf"

# Create the man page if needed
if [ ! -f $nm ]
then
    man -t $1 | ps2pdf - $nm
fi

# Now does it exist?
if [ -f $nm ]
then
    evince $nm
else
    echo "No manual entry for $1"
fi