1DEROFF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  DEROFF(1)
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NAME

6       deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
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SYNOPSIS

9       deroff [ -w ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and troff com‐
13       mand lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn  constructs
14       (between  `.EQ'  and  `.EN'  lines  or  between  delimiters), and table
15       descriptions and writes the remainder on the standard  output.   Deroff
16       follows  chains of included files (`.so' and `.nx' commands); if a file
17       has already been included, a `.so' is ignored and  a  `.nx'  terminates
18       execution.   If  no input file is given, deroff reads from the standard
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21       If the -w flag is given, the output is a word list, one `word'  (string
22       of  letters, digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter; apostro‐
23       phes are removed) per line, and all other characters  ignored.   Other‐
24       wise,  the  output  follows  the original, with the deletions mentioned
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SEE ALSO

28       troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)
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BUGS

31       Deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can  be  confused  by
32       subtle constructs.  Most errors result in too much rather than too lit‐
33       tle output.
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377th Edition                     April 29, 1985                       DEROFF(1)