deroff(1)                USER COMMANDS                  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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