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DEROFF(1)           UNIX Programmer's Manual            DEROFF(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     d\bde\ber\bro\bof\bff\bf [ -\b-w\bw ] file ...

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bD_\be_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf reads each file in sequence and removes all _\bn_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf and
     _\bt_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf command lines, backslash constructions, macro defini-
     tions, _\be_\bq_\bn constructs (between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or
     between delimiters), and table descriptions and writes the
     remainder on the standard output.  _\bD_\be_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf follows chains of
     included files (`.so' and `.nx' commands); if a file has
     already been included, a `.so' is ignored and a `.nx' ter-
     minates execution.  If no input file is given, _\bd_\be_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf reads
     from the standard input file.

     If the -\b-w\bw flag is given, the output is a word list, one
     `word' (string of letters, digits, and apostrophes, begin-
     ning with a letter; apostrophes are removed) per line, and
     all other characters ignored.  Otherwise, the output follows
     the original, with the deletions mentioned above.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     _\bD_\be_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf is not a complete _\bt_\br_\bo_\bf_\bf interpreter, so it can be
     confused by subtle constructs.  Most errors result in too
     much rather than too little output.


Printed 7/9/88           April 29, 1985                         1