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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