Manual page for DEROFF(1)
deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
SYNOPSIS
deroff
[
-w
]
filename
...
AVAILABILITY
This command is available with the
Text
software installation option. Refer to
[a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL]
for information on how to install optional software.
DESCRIPTION
deroff
reads each file in sequence and removes all
nroff
and
troff
command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
eqn
constructs (between
.EQ
and
.EN
lines or between
delimiters), and table descriptions and writes
the remainder on the standard
output.
deroff
follows chains of included files
(.so
and
.nx
commands); if a file has already been included, a
.so
is ignored and a
.nx
terminates execution. If no input file is
given,
deroff
reads from the standard input file.
OPTIONS
- -w
-
Generate a word list, one word per line. A `word'
is a string of letters,
digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter;
apostrophes are removed.
All other characters are ignored.
SEE ALSO
eqn.1
nroff.1
tbl.1
troff.1
BUGS
deroff
is not a complete
troff
interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs.
Most errors result in too much rather than too little output.
deroff
does not work well with files that use
.so
to source in the standard macro package files.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
