clean up man output (was Re: system call question)

[Me]

This group is great, but sometimes deja's still the best source! ;>

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22man+output%22+perl

> Now, does anyone know how I can trim out the unwanted charecters from
the
> output of a man page so that I can display it in a browser?
>
> Sample as is:
>
> NNAAMMEE
>        ls - list directory contents
>
> SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
>        llss [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... [_F_I_L_E]...