term% cat index.txt DEROFF(1) General Commands Manual DEROFF(1)
NAME
deroff - remove formatting requests
SYNOPSIS
deroff [ option ... ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and troff com‐
mand lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn constructs
(between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or between delimiters), tbl table de‐
scriptions, pic constructs, and refer references. Remaining text is
written 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.
The options are
-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. Otherwise, the out‐
put follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.
-i Ignore `.so' and `.nx' requests.
-ms, -mm
Follow the conventions of ms(7) or mm macros.
-ml Follow the conventions of mm and suppress lists.
SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), refer(1)
BUGS
Deroff is not a complete troff interpreter; it can be confused. In
particular, troff macro definitions containing `\$' cause chaos when
the popular `$$' delimiters for eqn are in effect.
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