ultrix man page for nroff

nroff(1)						      General Commands Manual							  nroff(1)

Name
       nroff - format text

Syntax
       nroff [option...] [file...]

Description
       The  command  formats  text  in	the named files for typewriter-like devices.  For further information, see the appropriate *roff reference
       pages.  The full capabilities of are described in the "Nroff/Troff User's Manual" found in the Supplementary Documents, Volume  1:  General
       User.

       If no file argument is present, the standard input is read.  An argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name corre-
       sponding to the standard input.

Options
       The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear before the files, are:

       -olist	   Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated list of numbers and  ranges.   A  range  N-M  means  pages  N
		   through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to page N; and a final N- means from N to the end.

       -nN	   Number first generated page N.

       -sN	   Stop  every	N  pages.   The command halts prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and resumes
		   upon receipt of a new line.

       -mname	   Prepend the macro file to the input files.

       -raN	   Set register a (one-character) to N.

       -i	   Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.

       -q	   Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.

       -Tname	   Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known names are the tabname files in The default name is tab37 for the Teletype  Corpo-
		   ration Model 37 terminal.

       -e	   Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.

       -h	   Use	output	tabs  during horizontal spacing to speed output and reduce output character count.  Tab settings are assumed to be
		   every 8 nominal character widths.

Files
       /tmp/ta* 	     temporary file
       /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
       /usr/lib/term/*	     terminal driving tables for

See Also
       col(1), tbl(1), term(5), man(7), me(7), ms(7), term(7)
       The Big Gray Book: The Next Step with ULTRIX
       "Nroff/Troff User's Manual" and "A TROFF Tutorial" in the Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User

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