NROFF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 26 July 2009
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NAME
nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
SYNOPSIS
nroff
[ -h ]
[ -i ]
[ -m name ]
[ -n num ]
[ -o list ]
[ -p ]
[ -r cn ]
[ -S ]
[ -t ]
[ -T name ]
[ -U ]
[ -v ]
[ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The
nroff
script emulates the
nroff
command using groff.
Only
ascii,
ascii8,
latin1,
utf8,
nippon,
and
cp1047
are valid arguments for the
-T
option.
If an invalid or no
-T
option is given,
nroff
checks the current locale to select a default output device.
It first tries the
locale
program, then the environment variables
LC_ALL,
LC_CTYPE,
and
LANG,
and finally the
LESSCHARSET
environment variable.
The
-h
and
-c
options
are equivalent to
grotty's
options
-h
(using tabs in the output) and
-c
(using the old output scheme instead of SGR escape sequences).
The
-C,
-i,
-n,
-m,
-o,
and
-r
options have the effect described in
troff(1).
In addition,
nroff
silently ignores the options
-e,
-q,
and
-s
(which are not implemented in
troff).
Options
-p
(pic),
-t
(tbl),
-S
(safer), and
-U
(unsafe) are passed to
groff.
-v
shows the version number.
ENVIRONMENT
- GROFF_BIN_PATH
-
A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
groff
executable before searching in PATH. If unset, `/usr/bin' is used.
NOTES
This shell script is basically intended for use with
man(1),
so warnings are suppressed.
nroff-style character definitions (in the file tty-char.tmac) are also
loaded to emulate unrepresentable glyphs.
SEE ALSO
groff(1),
troff(1),
grotty(1)