Manual page for DEROFF(1)
deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
SYNOPSIS
deroff
[
-w
]
file ...
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.
If the
-w
flag is given, the output is a word list, one `word' (string of letters,
digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter; apostrophes are removed)
per line, and all other characters ignored.
Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.
SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(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.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
