NROFF(1) NROFF(1)
NAME
nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
SYNOPSIS
nroff [ -CchipStUv ] [ -dcs ] [ -Mdir ] [ -mname ] [ -nnum ] [ -olist ] [ -rcn ] [ -Tname ]
[ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff. Only ascii, latin1, utf8, and cp1047 are
valid arguments for the -T option, selecting the output encoding emitted by grotty, groff's TTY out-put output
put device. 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 -d, -C, -i, -M, -m, -n, -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)
Groff Version 1.19.2 12 April 2005 NROFF(1)
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