deroff(1) [v7 man page]

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.

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DEROFF(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 DEROFF(1)

NAME

     deroff -- remove nroff/troff, eqn, pic and tbl constructs

SYNOPSIS

     deroff [-ikpw] [-m a | e | l | m | s] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff(1) and troff(1) command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn(1)
     constructs (between ``.EQ'' and ``.EN'' lines or between delimiters), pic(1) pictures, and table descriptions and writes the remainder to 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.

     The options are as follows:

     -i      Ignore ``.so'' and ``.nx'' commands.

     -k      Keep blocks of text intact.  This is the default behavior unless the -m option is given.

     -m      Enable support for common macro packages.	The -m option takes the following arguments:
		   a	   recognize man(7) macros.
		   e	   recognize me(7) macros.
		   l	   remove list constructs.
		   m	   recognize mm(7) macros.
		   s	   recognize ms(7) macros.

     -p      Preserve paragraph macros.  This option only has an effect if the -m option is also specified.

     -w      Output 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.  Normally, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.

SEE ALSO

     eqn(1), nroff(1), pic(1), tbl(1), troff(1)

HISTORY

     deroff appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BUGS

     deroff is not a complete troff(1) interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs.  Most errors result in too much rather than too
     little output.

     The -ml option does not correctly handle nested lists.

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								   June 6, 1993 							       BSD