Query: deroff
OS: ultrix
Section: 1
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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)