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

6       nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
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SYNOPSIS

9       nroff [ -h ] [ -i ] [ -mname ] [ -nnum ] [ -olist ] [ -p ] [ -rcn ]
10             [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -Tname ] [ -U ] [ -v ] [ file ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.   Only  ascii,
14       ascii8, latin1, utf8, nippon, and cp1047 are valid arguments for the -T
15       option.  If an invalid or no -T option is given, nroff checks the  cur‐
16       rent  locale  to  select  a  default output device.  It first tries the
17       locale program, then the environment variables  LC_ALL,  LC_CTYPE,  and
18       LANG, and finally the LESSCHARSET environment variable.
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20       The -h and -c options are equivalent to grotty's options -h (using tabs
21       in the output) and -c (using the  old  output  scheme  instead  of  SGR
22       escape  sequences).   The  -C,  -i, -n, -m, -o, and -r options have the
23       effect described in troff(1).  In addition, nroff silently ignores  the
24       options  -e,  -q, and -s (which are not implemented in troff).  Options
25       -p (pic), -t (tbl), -S (safer), and -U (unsafe) are  passed  to  groff.
26       -v shows the version number.
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ENVIRONMENT

29       GROFF_BIN_PATH
30              A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
31              groff executable before searching in PATH.  If unset, `/usr/bin'
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NOTES

35       This  shell  script is basically intended for use with man(1), so warn‐
36       ings are suppressed.  nroff-style character definitions  (in  the  file
37       tty-char.tmac) are also loaded to emulate unrepresentable glyphs.
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SEE ALSO

40       groff(1), troff(1), grotty(1)
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44Groff Version 1.18.1.4         11 November 2010                       NROFF(1)