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.th DEROFF I 5/31/77
.sh NAME
deroff \*- remove nroff, troff, and eqn constructs
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd deroff
[
.bd \*-w
]
file ...
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Deroff
reads each file in sequence
and removes all
.it nroff
and
.it troff
command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
and equations
(between ``.EQ'' and ``.EN'' lines or between 
delimiters)
and writes the remainder on the standard output.
.it Deroff
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,
.it deroff
reads from the standard input file.
.s3
If the
.bd \-w
flag is given, the output is a word list, one ``word'' (string of letters, digits, and apostrophes,
beginning with a letter; apostrophes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored.
Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.
.s3
.sh "SEE ALSO"
nroff(I), troff(I), eqn(I)
.sh DIAGNOSTICS
Complains if a file cannot be opened.
.sh BUGS
Does not handle recursive backslash constructions like
\\h'\\w'c''.