On Unix-like operating systems, the deroff command removes nroff, troff, tbl, and eqn constructs.

Description

deroff reads each of the file names in sequence and removes all troff requests, macro calls, backslash constructs, eqn constructs (between .EQ and .EN lines, and between delimiters), and tbl descriptions, 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 naming that file terminates execution. If no input file is given, deroff reads the standard input.

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Syntax

deroff [ -m [m | s | l ] ] [ -w ] [ -i ] [ file name … ]

Options

Examples

deroff myfile.txt

Remove constructs in the file myfile.txt.

eqn — Language processor for describing equations.nroff — Format documents for terminal display or line-printer.tbl — Preprocessor which formats tables for nroff or troff.troff — Typeset or format documents for terminal display or line-printer.