DEROFF(1)DEROFF(1)NAMEderoff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
SYNOPSISderoff [ -w ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and troff
command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn
constructs (between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or between delimiters), and
table descriptions and writes the remainder on the standard output.
Deroff follows chains of included files (`.so' and `.nx' commands); if
a file has already been included, a `.so' is ignored and a `.nx'
terminates execution. If no input file is given, deroff reads from the
standard input file.
If the -w flag is given, the output is a word list, one `word' (string
of letters, digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter;
apostrophes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored.
Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions
mentioned above.
SEE ALSOtroff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)BUGS
Deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can be confused by
subtle constructs. Most errors result in too much rather than too
little output.
7th Edition April 29, 1985 DEROFF(1)