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.TH DEROFF 1 
.SH NAME
deroff \- remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B deroff
[
.B \-w
]
file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Deroff
reads each file in sequence
and removes all
.I nroff
and
.I troff
command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
.I eqn
constructs
(between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or between 
delimiters),
and table descriptions
and writes the remainder on the standard output.
.I 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,
.I deroff
reads from the standard input file.
.PP
If the
.B \-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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)
.SH BUGS
.I Deroff
is not a complete
.I troff
interpreter,
so it can be confused by subtle constructs.
Most errors result in too much rather than too little output.
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8df208ef LC	1	.TH DEROFF 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	deroff \- remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B deroff
	6	[
	7	.B \-w
	8	]
	9	file ...
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Deroff
	12	reads each file in sequence
	13	and removes all
	14	.I nroff
	15	and
	16	.I troff
	17	command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
	18	.I eqn
	19	constructs
	20	(between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or between
	21	delimiters),
	22	and table descriptions
	23	and writes the remainder on the standard output.
	24	.I Deroff
	25	follows chains of included files
	26	(`.so' and `.nx' commands);
	27	if a file has already been included, a `.so' is ignored and a `.nx' terminates execution.
	28	If no input file is given,
	29	.I deroff
	30	reads from the standard input file.
	31	.PP
	32	If the
	33	.B \-w
	34	flag is given, the output is a word list, one `word' (string of letters, digits, and apostrophes,
	35	beginning with a letter; apostrophes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored.
	36	Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.
	37	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	38	troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)
	39	.SH BUGS
	40	.I Deroff
	41	is not a complete
	42	.I troff
	43	interpreter,
	44	so it can be confused by subtle constructs.
	45	Most errors result in too much rather than too little output.