About groff in Unix
In Unix, groff
is the front-end for the groff document formatting system. It usually runs the groff
program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected device. For a list of available devices, at the Unix prompt, enter:
man groff
You can use groff
to properly read and format man pages. If you attempt to view a file in one of the man directories (for example, man1
, man2
) using the cat
command, the file will display in an unformatted version. To use groff
to format the file properly, enter:
groff -t -man -Tascii filename.1 | more
Replace filename.1
with the name of the file you are trying to view.
To find out if groff
is installed on a Unix system, enter one of the following commands at the Unix prompt:
whereis groff which groff
At Indiana University, for personal or departmental Linux or Unix systems support, see Get help for Linux or Unix at IU.
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