Local Man Pages TXT

manscrape

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Please run this script with sudo."
    exit 1
fi
mkdir -p "/home/$(logname)/man"
cd "/home/$(logname)/man"
filename="manpagelist.csv"
manpath=$(manpath)
IFS=':' read -r -a paths <<< "$manpath"
for path in "${paths[@]}"; do
    find "$path" -type f -name '*.[0-9]*' | while read -r manpage; do
        base=$(basename "$manpage")
        name="${base%.*}"
        echo "$name"
    done
done | sort | uniq > "$filename"
while IFS=""; read -r manpagename; do
	\man $manpagename > $manpagename.txt
done < $filename
echo "Done... Text files located in $(pwd)"