Seems like this should be a pretty simple one, but I can't figure it out (obviously).
When I open a terminal window and run, for example, the command man ffmpeg
, the output I see within the terminal looks like this:
FFMPEG(1) FFMPEG(1)
NAME
ffmpeg - ffmpeg video converter
SYNOPSIS
ffmpeg [global_options] {[input_file_options] -i input_file} ...
{[output_file_options] output_file} ...
DESCRIPTION
ffmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from
a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample
rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.
... which is how I would expect it to look. However, when I try to dump that info into a text file using the command man ffmpeg > man_ffmpeg.txt
the results I get look like this:
FFMPEG(1) FFMPEG(1)
NNAAMMEE
ffmpeg - ffmpeg video converter
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
ffmpeg [_g_l_o_b_a_l___o_p_t_i_o_n_s] {[_i_n_p_u_t___f_i_l_e___o_p_t_i_o_n_s] -i _i_n_p_u_t___f_i_l_e} ...
{[_o_u_t_p_u_t___f_i_l_e___o_p_t_i_o_n_s] _o_u_t_p_u_t___f_i_l_e} ...
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
ffmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from
a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample
rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.
All I want to do is have what I would normally see inside the terminal dumped into a text file, but obviously I'm doing something wrong. What's the best way to do this?