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deroff(1)			 User Commands			     deroff(1)

NAME
       deroff - remove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs

SYNOPSIS
       deroff [ -m [m | s | l] ] [-w] [-i] [ filename...]

DESCRIPTION
       deroff reads each of the filenames in sequence and removes all troff(1)
       requests, macro calls, backslash constructs, eqn(1) constructs (between
       .EQ  and	 .EN  lines, and between delimiters), and tbl(1) descriptions,
       perhaps replacing them with white space (blanks and blank  lines),  and
       writes the remainder of the file on the standard output. deroff follows
       chains of included files (.so and .nx troff commands); if  a  file  has
       already been included, a .so naming that file is ignored and a .nx nam‐
       ing that file terminates execution. If no input file is	given,	deroff
       reads the standard input.

OPTIONS
       -m	The -m option may be followed by an m, s, or l. The -mm option
		causes the macros to be interpreted so that only running  text
		is output (that is, no text from macro lines.)	The -ml option
		forces the -mm option and also causes deletion of lists	 asso‐
		ciated with the mm macros.

       -w	If  the	 -w  option  is	 given, the output is a word list, one
		``word'' per line, with all other characters  deleted.	Other‐
		wise, the output follows the original, with the deletions men‐
		tioned above. In text, a ``word'' is any string that  contains
		at  least  two	letters	 and  is  composed of letters, digits,
		ampersands (&), and apostrophes ('); in a macro call, however,
		a  ``word''  is a string that begins with at least two letters
		and contains a total of at least three letters. Delimiters are
		any  characters	 other	than letters, digits, apostrophes, and
		ampersands. Trailing apostrophes and  ampersands  are  removed
		from ``words.''

       -i	The   -i  option  causes   deroff to ignore  .so and  .nx com‐
		mands.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWdoc			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       eqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1), troff(1), attributes(5)

NOTES
       deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can  be  confused  by
       subtle  constructs. Most such errors result in too much rather than too
       little output.

       The -ml option does not handle nested lists correctly.

SunOS 5.10			  14 Sep 1992			     deroff(1)
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