1NROFF(1)                    General Commands Manual                   NROFF(1)
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NAME

6       nroff - text formatting
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SYNOPSIS

9       nroff [ option ] ...  [ file ] ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Nroff formats text in the named files for typewriter-like devices.  See
13       also troff(1).  The full capabilities of nroff  are  described  in  the
14       Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
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16       If  no  file argument is present, the standard input is read.  An argu‐
17       ment consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name corre‐
18       sponding to the standard input.
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20       The  options,  which  may  appear  in  any order so long as they appear
21       before the files, are:
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23       -olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear  in  the  comma-sepa‐
24              rated  list  of  numbers  and ranges.  A range N-M means pages N
25              through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to page N; and
26              a final N- means from N to the end.
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28       -nN    Number first generated page N.
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30       -sN    Stop  every  N  pages.   Nroff  will halt prior to every N pages
31              (default N=1) to allow  paper  loading  or  changing,  and  will
32              resume upon receipt of a newline.
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34       -mname Prepend  the  macro  file /usr/share/tmac/tmac.name to the input
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37       -raN   Set register a (one-character) to N.
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39       -i     Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
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41       -q     Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
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43       -Tname Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known names are  37  for
44              the  (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, tn300 for
45              the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line  capabil‐
46              ity),  300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450 for
47              the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).
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49       -e     Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full  ter‐
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52       -h     Use  output  tabs  during horizontal spacing to speed output and
53              reduce output character count.  Tab settings are assumed  to  be
54              every 8 nominal character widths.
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FILES

57       /tmp/ta*                temporary file
58       /usr/share/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
59       /usr/share/term/*       terminal driving tables for nroff
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SEE ALSO

62       J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
63       B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
64       troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)
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684.2 Berkeley Distribution      October 22, 1996                       NROFF(1)
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