deroff(1)               (BSD Compatibility Package)               deroff(1)


   NAME
         deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/ucb/deroff [ -w ] filename ...

   DESCRIPTION
         The deroff command reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff
         and troff command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
         eqn constructs (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.

   OPTIONS
         -w    Generate a word list, one word per line. A `word' is a string
               of letters, digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter;
               apostrophes are removed.  All other characters are ignored.

   SEE ALSO
         eqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1), troff(1)

   NOTES
         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.

         deroff does not work well with files that use .so to source in the
         standard macro package files.






















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