nroff
formats text for terminal display
TLDR
Format document
$ nroff [file.roff]
Format for terminal$ nroff -Tascii [file]
Format man page$ nroff -man [page.1]
Format with macros$ nroff -ms [file.ms]
Preview output$ nroff [file] | less
SYNOPSIS
nroff [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
nroff formats text for terminal display. Part of troff/groff system.The tool processes roff documents. Outputs plain text formatting.
PARAMETERS
FILES
Input files.-T DEV
Output device.-man
Use man macros.-ms
Use ms macros.-me
Use me macros.--help
Display help information.
INSTALL
sudo apt install groff-base
sudo dnf install groff-base
sudo pacman -S groff
sudo apk add groff
sudo zypper install groff
brew install groff
nix profile install nixpkgs#groff
CAVEATS
Part of groff. Terminal output. Use groff for typeset output.
HISTORY
nroff originated in Unix V7 for formatting text on line printers and terminals.
