DEROFF(1)               GENIX Programmer's Manual               DEROFF(1)



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

      SYNOPSIS
           deroff [ -w ] file ...

      DESCRIPTION
           Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff  and  troff
           command  lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn con-
           structs (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.

           If the -w flag is given, the output  is  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 output follows the original, with the dele-
           tions mentioned above.

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

      BUGS
           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.


























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