groff

GNU replacement for the troff and nroff typesetting utilities. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/groff.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install groff-base
Ubuntu
apt-get install groff-base
Alpine
apk add groff
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S groff
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install groff-base
CentOS
yum install groff
Fedora
dnf install groff-base
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install groff-base
OS X
brew install groff
Raspbian
apt-get install groff-base
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/groff
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/groff groff powered by Commando

GNU replacement for the troff and nroff typesetting utilities. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff>.

  • Format output for a PostScript printer, saving the output to a file:
    groff path/to/input.roff > path/to/output.ps
  • Render a man page using the ASCII output device, and display it using a pager:
    groff -man -T ascii path/to/manpage.1 | less --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS
  • Render a man page into an HTML file:
    groff -man -T html path/to/manpage.1 > path/to/manpage.html
  • Typeset a roff file containing [t]ables and [p]ictures, using the [me] macro set, to PDF, saving the output:
    groff -t -p -me -T pdf path/to/input.me > path/to/output.pdf
  • Run a `groff` command with preprocessor and macro options guessed by the `grog` utility:
    eval "$(grog -T utf8 path/to/input.me)"

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