ultrix man page for deroff

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)

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