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1.1       root        1: .TH NROFF 1 "26 January 1982"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: nroff \- text formatting
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B nroff
                      6: [ option ] ...
                      7: [ file ] ...
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: .I Nroff
                     10: formats text in the named
                     11: .I files
                     12: for typewriter-like devices.  See also 
                     13: .I troff(1).
                     14: The full capabilities of
                     15: .I nroff
                     16: are described in the
                     17: .I Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
                     18: .PP
                     19: If no
                     20: .I file
                     21: argument is present, the standard input is read.
                     22: An argument consisting of a single minus
                     23: .RB ( \- )
                     24: is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
                     25: .PP
                     26: The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
                     27: .I before
                     28: the files, are:
                     29: .TP "\w'\f3\-m\f1name 'u"
                     30: .BI \-o list
                     31: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
                     32: .I list
                     33: of numbers and ranges.  A range
                     34: .IB N \- M
                     35: means pages
                     36: .I N
                     37: through
                     38: .IR M ;
                     39: an initial
                     40: .I \-N
                     41: means from the beginning to page
                     42: .IR N ;
                     43: and a final
                     44: .IR N \-
                     45: means from
                     46: .I N
                     47: to the end.
                     48: .TP
                     49: .BI \-n N
                     50: Number first generated page
                     51: .IR N .
                     52: .TP
                     53: .BI \-s N
                     54: Stop every
                     55: .I N
                     56: pages.
                     57: .I Nroff
                     58: will halt prior to every
                     59: .I N
                     60: pages (default
                     61: .IR N =1)
                     62: to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
                     63: .TP
                     64: .BI \-m name
                     65: Prepend the macro file
                     66: .BI /usr/lib/tmac/tmac. name
                     67: to the input
                     68: .IR files .
                     69: .TP
                     70: .BI \-r aN
                     71: Set register
                     72: .I a
                     73: (one-character) to
                     74: .IR N .
                     75: .TP
                     76: .B \-i
                     77: Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
                     78: .TP
                     79: .B \-q
                     80: Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
                     81: .B rd
                     82: request.
                     83: .TP
                     84: .BI \-T name
                     85: Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known
                     86: .I names
                     87: are
                     88: .B 37
                     89: for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
                     90: .B tn300
                     91: for the GE TermiNet\ 300 (or any terminal without half-line capability),
                     92: .B 300S
                     93: for the \s-1DASI\s+1-300S,
                     94: .B 300
                     95: for the \s-1DASI\s+1-300,
                     96: and
                     97: .B 450
                     98: for the \s-1DASI\s+1-450 (Diablo Hyterm).
                     99: .TP
                    100: .B \-e
                    101: Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.
                    102: .TP
                    103: .B \-h
                    104: Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
                    105: to speed output and reduce output character count.
                    106: Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
                    107: .SH FILES
                    108: .ta \w'/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  'u
                    109: /tmp/ta*       temporary file
                    110: .br
                    111: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*   standard macro files
                    112: .br
                    113: /usr/lib/term/*        terminal driving tables for
                    114: .I nroff
                    115: .br
                    116: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    117: J. F. Ossanna,
                    118: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual
                    119: .br
                    120: B. W. Kernighan,
                    121: .I A TROFF Tutorial
                    122: .br
                    123: troff(1),
                    124: eqn(1),
                    125: tbl(1),
                    126: ms(7),
                    127: me(7),
                    128: man(7),
                    129: col(1)

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