deroff(1)          UNIX System V(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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