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NAME
     nroff - text formatting

SYNOPSIS
     nroff [ option ] ...  [ file ] ...

DESCRIPTION
     nroff formats text in the named files for typewriter-like
     devices.  See also troff(1).  The full capabilities of nroff
     are described in the Nroff/Troff User's Manual.

     If no file argument is present, the standard input is read.
     An argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be
     a file name corresponding to the standard input.

     The options, which may appear in any order so long as they
     appear before the files, are:

     -olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the
            comma-separated list of numbers and ranges.  A range
            N-M means pages N through M; an initial -N means from
            the beginning to page N; and a final N- means from N
            to the end.

     -nN    Number first generated page N.

     -sN    Stop every N pages.  nroff will halt prior to every N
            pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or chang-
            ing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.

     -mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the
            input files.  See man(5-BSD), me(5-BSD), and ms(5-
            BSD) for information on the -man, -me, and -ms macro
            packages.

     -raN   Set register a (one-character) to N.

     -i     Read standard input after the input files are
            exhausted.

     -q     Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd
            request.

     -Tname Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known names
            are 37 for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model
            37 terminal, tn300 for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any
            terminal without half-line capability), 300S for the
            DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450 for the
            DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).

     -e     Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using
            full terminal resolution.



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     -h     Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed
            output and reduce output character count.  Tab set-
            tings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character
            widths.

FILES
     /tmp/ta*                 temporary file
     /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*     standard macro files
     /usr/lib/term/*          terminal driving tables for nroff

SEE ALSO
     J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's Manual
     B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
     col(1-BSD), deroff(1-BSD), eqn(1-BSD), tbl(1-BSD), troff(1-
     BSD).
     man(5-BSD), me(5-BSD), ms(5-BSD) in the Programmer's Refer-
     ence Manual.






































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