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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  associ‐
	     ated 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.  Otherwise,
	     the  output  follows  the	original, with the deletions mentioned
	     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 apos‐
	     trophes and ampersands are removed from ``words.''

       -i    The  -i option causes  deroff to ignore  .so and  .nx commands.

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

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │text/doctools		   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

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 5.11			  14 Sep 1992			     deroff(1)
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