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 out-
	     put (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 letters 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,  apos-
	     trophes, 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 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							 deroff(1)