roff2ps

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 21 March 2020
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NAME

roff2ps - transform roff code into ps mode

SYNOPSIS

[groffer-option ... ] [ -- ] [filespec ... ] -h --help -v --version

The options -v and --version print the version information of the program to standard output and exit. The options -h and --help print a usage information of the program to standard output and stop the program instantly.

All other options are assumed to be groffer options. They are internally passed to groffer. They override the behavior of the program. The options are optional, they can be omitted.

The filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer. So they are either the names of existing, readable files or - for standard input, or the name of a man page or a groffer(1) man page search pattern. If no filespec is specified standard input is assumed automatically.

DESCRIPTION

roff2ps transforms roff code into ps mode. Print the result to standard output.

There are more of these programs for generating other formats of roff input.

roff2dvi(1): is for dvi mode.
roff2html(1): generates HTML output.
roff2pdf(1): outputs pdf mode.
roff2text(1): generates text output in the groff device latin1.
roff2x(1): prints the output in the groff device X that is suitable for programs like gxditview(1) or xditview(1).

AUTHORS

roff2ps was written by Bernd Warken