deroff Command deroff
Remove text formatting control information
deroff [-w] [-x] [file ...]
deroff removes text formatting control information from each in-
put text file, or from the standard input if no file is
specified. It regards all lines that begin with `.' or `'' as
being nroff commands and deletes them. deroff also recognizes
some additional control lines. It deletes eqn information (bet-
ween .EQ and .EN lines), tbl information (between .TS and .TE
lines), and macro definitions. It also deletes embedded .eqn re-
quests. It expands source file inclusion with .so and .nx re-
quests, with the proviso that no input file is read twice. It
also deletes some troff escape sequences, such as those for font
and size change.
When the -x flag is present, deroff uses some additional
knowledge about the nroff -ms macro package.
When the -w flag is present, deroff divides the remaining text
into words and prints them to the standard output, one per line.
A word comprises a sequence of letters, digits, and apostrophes
which commences with a letter. deroff strips apostrophes from
the output. All other characters between words are not printed.
The spelling checking programs spell and typo use this option.
***** See Also *****
nroff, spell, typo
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