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NAME
       nroff - emulate nroff command with groff

SYNOPSIS
       nroff [ -h ] [ -i ] [ -mname ] [ -nnum ] [ -olist ] [ -p ] [ -rcn ]
	     [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -Tname ] [ -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 warn-
       ings 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 1.18.1.1		06 April 2006			     NROFF(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. nroff
2. file
3. script
4. locale
5. which
6. groff