1roff2text(1) General Commands Manual roff2text(1)
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6 roff2text - transform roff code into text mode
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9 roff2text [groffer_option...] [--] [filespec...]
10 roff2text -h | --help
11 roff2text -v | --version
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13 The options -v and --version print the version information of the pro‐
14 gram to standard output and exit. The options -h and --help print a
15 usage information of the program to standard output and stop the pro‐
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18 All other options are assumed to be groffer options. They are inter‐
19 nally passed to groffer. They override the behavior of the program.
20 The options are optional, they can be omitted.
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22 The filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer.
23 So they are either the names of existing, readable files or - for stan‐
24 dard input, or the name of a man page or a groffer(1) man page search
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29 roff2text transforms roff code into text mode. Print the result to
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38 roff2html(1)
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41 roff2pdf(1)
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47 roff2x(1)
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52 groff(1), groffer(1), roff2dvi(1), roff2html(1), roff2pdf(1),
53 roff2ps(1), roff2x(1), gxditview(1).
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56 This file was written by Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>.
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61 This file is part of groffer, which is part of groff, a free software
62 project. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
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68 the groff source package. Or read the man page gpl(1). You can also
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74Groff Version 1.22.2 9 June 2014 roff2text(1)