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deroff(1)						      General Commands Manual							 deroff(1)

NAME
deroff - remove nroff, tbl, and neqn constructs SYNOPSIS
x] [file ...] DESCRIPTION
reads each file in sequence and removes all requests, macro calls, backslash constructs, constructs (between and lines, and between delim- iters -- see neqn(1)), and descriptions (see tbl(1)), replacing them with white space (blanks and blank lines), and writes the remainder of the file on the standard output. follows chains of included files and formatter commands); if a file has already been included, a naming that file is ignored and a naming that file terminates execution. If no input file is given, reads the standard input. The option can be followed by an or The option causes the macros be interpreted such that only running text is output (that is, no text from macro lines). The option forces the option and also causes deletion of lists associated with the macros. If the option is given, the output is a word list, one ``word'' per line, with all other characters deleted. Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above. In text, a ``word'' is any multi-byte character string or any string that contains at least two letters and is composed of letters, digits, ampersands and apostrophes In a macro call, however, a ``word'' is a multi-byte char- acter string or a string that begins with at least two letters and contains a total of at least three letters. Delimiters are any charac- ters other than letters, digits, apostrophes, and ampersands. Trailing apostrophes and ampersands are removed from ``words.'' If the option is specified, ignores the and commands. EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables determines the interpretation of text and filenames as single and/or multi-byte characters. Note that multi-byte punctuation characters are not recognized when using the option. determines the language in which messages are displayed. If or is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty variable. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See environ(5). International Code Set Support Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported. WARNINGS
is not a complete interpreter; thus it can be confused by subtle constructs. Most such errors result in too much rather than too little output. The option does not handle nested lists correctly. AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley. SEE ALSO
neqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1). deroff(1)

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deroff(1)							   User Commands							 deroff(1)

NAME
deroff - remove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs SYNOPSIS
deroff [ -m [m | s | l] ] [-w] [-i] [ filename...] DESCRIPTION
deroff reads each of the filenames in sequence and removes all troff(1) requests, macro calls, backslash constructs, eqn(1) constructs (between .EQ and .EN lines, and between delimiters), and tbl(1) descriptions, perhaps replacing them with white space (blanks and blank lines), and writes the remainder of the file on the standard output. deroff follows chains of included files (.so and .nx troff commands); if a file has already been included, a .so naming that file is ignored and a .nx naming that file terminates execution. If no input file is given, deroff reads the standard input. OPTIONS
-m The -m option may be followed by an m, s, or l. The -mm option causes the macros to be interpreted so that only running text is output (that is, no text from macro lines.) The -ml option forces the -mm option and also causes deletion of lists associated with the mm macros. -w If the -w option is given, the output is a word list, one ``word'' per line, with all other characters deleted. Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above. In text, a ``word'' is any string that contains at least two let- ters and is composed of letters, digits, ampersands (&), and apostrophes ('); in a macro call, however, a ``word'' is a string that begins with at least two letters and contains a total of at least three letters. Delimiters are any characters other than letters, digits, apostrophes, and ampersands. Trailing apostrophes and ampersands are removed from ``words.'' -i The -i option causes deroff to ignore .so and .nx commands. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWdoc | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
eqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1), troff(1), attributes(5) NOTES
deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs. Most such errors result in too much rather than too little output. The -ml option does not handle nested lists correctly. SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 deroff(1)
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