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So the man command was inserted after the timeout not in the list of commands - not in the import either

Working now:

try(){
clear
timeout 0.2 man -P cat $1
re=$?
echo trying $1>>log.txt
echo result is $re>>log.txt
if [ ! $re -eq 127 ]; then
sleep 0.2
import -window osboxes@osboxes:~/Downloads/Parser\ Project\Code/iteration\ 3 iter3/$1.png
echo $1 captured>>log.txt
fi
}
try AB
try ABRT ...

Debug just gives that error about -P

Sorry can you elaborate more clearly?

The files have to be given the name of the command that is being run. Over 1000 of them. If I run it without man - just the raw command it saves & names the files OK.

But I need to take a screen shot of the man file output for each command & give it a ...

I have a script that takes screenshots of linux man pages as they show in the console

try(){
clear
timeout 0.2 $1
re=$?
echo trying $1>>log.txt
echo result is $re>>log.txt
if [ ! $re -eq 127 ]; then
sleep 0.2
import -window osboxes@osboxes:~/Downloads/Parser\ Project\Code/iteration\ 3 ...