Viewing man pages as pdf

gistfile1.sh

# Add the following code to your ~/.bash_profile. 
pman()
{
    PMANFILE="/tmp/pman-${1}.pdf"
    if [ ! -e $PMANFILE ]; then   # only create if it doesn't already exist
        man -t "${1}" | pstopdf -i -o "$PMANFILE"
    fi
    if [ -e $PMANFILE ]; then     # in case create failed
        open -a /Applications/Preview.app/ "$PMANFILE"
    fi
}

# alias man = pman
# Restart terminal

# usage:
#        man diff

# source http://www.mattryall.net/blog/2007/08/man-pages-pdf