DEROFF(1) DEROFF(1) NAME deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs SYNOPSIS deroff [ -w ] file ... DESCRIPTION _D_e_r_o_f_f reads each file in sequence and removes all _n_r_o_f_f and _t_r_o_f_f com‐ mand lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, _e_q_n constructs (between ‘.EQ’ and ‘.EN’ lines or between delimiters), and table descriptions and writes the remainder on the standard output. _D_e_r_o_f_f 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, _d_e_r_o_f_f 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, beginning with a letter; apostro‐ phes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored. Other‐ wise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above. SEE ALSO troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1) BUGS _D_e_r_o_f_f is not a complete _t_r_o_f_f interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs. Most errors result in too much rather than too lit‐ tle output. 7th Edition April 29, 1985 DEROFF(1)