man page
Writabletext
electronic documentation file format
Identify it
| Extensions | .man.1.2.3.5.7.8.4.6 |
|---|---|
| MIME types | application/x-troff-mantext/troff |
| Wikidata | Q47512572 |
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Open it
Convert it
| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ePub Format | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t epub in.1 -o out.epubDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Hypertext Markup Language | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t html in.1 -o out.htmlDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Markdown | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t markdown in.1 -o out.mdDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t docx in.1 -o out.docxDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| OpenDocument | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t odt in.1 -o out.odtDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Plain Text File | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f man -t plain in.1 -o out.txtText only: all formatting is dropped. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.