UNIX nroff man page describing nroff

The text below is the nroff format codes that describe how the document, (which describes nroff itself), should be formatted by the nroff program.

Click on the following button to see the results of the formatting of the document by nroff:


.\" SCCSID: @(#)nroff.1 10.1    3/12/92
.TH nroff 1
.SH Name
nroff \- format text
.SH Syntax
.B nroff
[\|\fIoption...\fR\|] [\|\fIfile...\fR\|]
.SH Description
.NXR "nroff text processor"
.NXAM "nroff text processor" "tk command"
.NXAM "nroff text processor" "*roff text processor"
.NXR "text processor" "for monospace output"
The
.PN nroff
command formats text in the named
.I files
for typewriter-like devices.  For further information, see the
appropriate *roff reference pages.
The full capabilities of
.PN nroff
are described in the
"Nroff/Troff User's Manual" found in the
\fISupplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User\fP.
.
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Author: N. Dwight Barnette
Curator: Computer Science Dept : VA TECH © Copyright 1994.
Last Updated: 1/20/99