deroff(1) [ultrix man page]

deroff(1)						      General Commands Manual							 deroff(1)

Name
       deroff - remove formatting codes from text

Syntax
       deroff [-w] file...

Description
       The  command reads each file in sequence and removes all and command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, constructs (between
       .EQ and .EN lines or between delimiters), and table descriptions and writes the remainder on the  standard  output.   The  command  follows
       chains  of included files (.so and .nx commands); if a file has already been included, the .so command is ignored and an .nx command termi-
       nates execution.  If no input file is given, reads from the standard input file.

Options
       -w   Generates word list (one word per line).

Restrictions
       The command is not a complete interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs.  Most errors result in too much rather than too lit-
       tle output.

       The -w flag removes every one- or two-character word.

See Also
       diction(1), nroff(1)

																	 deroff(1)

DEROFF(1)						      General Commands Manual							 DEROFF(1)

NAME

       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 con-
       structs (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;  apos-
       trophes	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.

7th Edition							  April 29, 1985							 DEROFF(1)