PDF generator for manual pages in *ROFF format. runtime-depends on ports textproc/groff and print/ghostscript9-base. Public domain. No warranty.

man2pdf.sh

#!/bin/sh


THIS="$(basename $(readlink -f $0))"

msg() {
  echo "$THIS: $@"
}

ferr() {
  msg $@ 1>&2
  exit 1
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  ferr "no query specified"
fi

if [ -n "$2" ]
  then 
    OUTF="$1.$2.pdf"
    QUERY="$2 $1"
    NAME="$1($2)"
  else 
    OUTF="$1.pdf"
    QUERY="$1"
    NAME="$1(*)"
fi

ONOTIF="Generated file ${OUTF}"


msg "Querying for manual page ${NAME}"

MPATH="$(man -w ${QUERY} 2>/dev/null)"

if [ -n "$MPATH" ]; then
  zcat "${MPATH}" | 
    groff -mandoc -T ps -dpaper=a4 -P-pa4 |  
    ps2pdf - "${OUTF}" && msg "$ONOTIF"
else 
  ferr "No manual page found: ${NAME}"
fi