DEROFF(1) DEROFF(1)
NAME
deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
SYNOPSIS
deroff [ -w ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and
troff command lines, backslash constructions, macro defini-
tions, eqn constructs (between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or
between delimiters), and table descriptions and writes the
remainder on the standard output. Deroff follows chains of
included files (`.so' and `.nx' commands); if a file has
already been included, a `.so' is ignored and a `.nx' termi-
nates execution. If no input file is given, deroff reads
from the standard input file.
If the -w 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.
SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)
BUGS
Deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can be
confused by subtle constructs. Most errors result in too
much rather than too little output.