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6 nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
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9 nroff [-CchipStUvwW] [-dcs] [-Mdir] [-mname] [-nnum] [-olist] [-rcn]
10 [-Tname] [file ...]
11 nroff --help
12 nroff -v | --version
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15 The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff. Only ascii,
16 latin1, utf8, and cp1047 are devices accepted by nroff to select the
17 output encoding emitted by grotty, groff's TTY output device. If nei‐
18 ther the GROFF_TYPESETTER environment variable nor the -T command line
19 option (which overrides the environment variable) specifies a (valid)
20 device, nroff checks the current locale to select a default output
21 device. It first tries the locale program, then the environment vari‐
22 ables LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, and LANG, and finally the LESSCHARSET environ‐
23 ment variable.
24 The -h and -c options are equivalent to grotty's options -h (using tabs
26 in the output) and -c (using the old output scheme instead of SGR
27 escape sequences). The -d, -C, -i, -M, -m, -n, -o, -r, -w, and -W
28 options have the effect described in troff(1). In addition, nroff
29 silently ignores the options -e, -q, and -s (which are not implemented
30 in troff). Options -p (pic), -t (tbl), -S (safer), and -U (unsafe) are
31 passed to groff. -v and --version show the version number, --help
32 prints a help message.
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35 GROFF_TYPESETTER
36 The default device for groff. If not set (which is the normal
37 case), it defaults to `ps'.
38 GROFF_BIN_PATH
40 A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
41 groff executable before searching in PATH. If unset, `/usr/bin'
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45 This shell script is basically intended for use with man(1). nroff-
46 style character definitions (in the file tty-char.tmac) are also loaded
47 to emulate unrepresentable glyphs.
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50 groff(1), troff(1), grotty(1)
51Groff Version 1.22.2 7 February 2013 NROFF(1)