deroff(1BSD)         (BSD System Compatibility)         deroff(1BSD)


       NAME
             deroff - (BSD) remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/deroff [-k] [-p] [-w] [-m(aelms)] file . . .

       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
             -k    When used with -ma, -me, -ml, -mm, -ms options, the -k
                   option will include text blocks that would normally be
                   removed, such as those between macros .nf and .fi.

             -p    Will keep the paragraph notations included in the text
                   (.P macro).

             -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.

             The -m option may be followed by an a, e, l, m, or s.

             -ma   Interpret macros as man macros

             -me   Interpret macros as me macros

             -ml   Interpret macros as mm macros and delete lists

             -mm   Interpret macros as mm macros

             -ms   Interpret macros as ms macros

       REFERENCES
             eqn(1BSD), nroff(1BSD), tbl(1BSD), troff(1BSD)




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      NOTICES
            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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