grotty(1) General Commands Manual grotty(1) (NAME) grotty - groff () (SYNOPSIS) grotty [-dfhot] [-i|-r] [-F font-directory] [file ...] grotty -c [-bBdfhouU] [-F font-directory] [file ...] grotty --help grotty -v grotty --version (DESCRIPTION) TTY ("") GNU roff troff(1) . "-T ascii" "-T latin1" "-T utf8" groff(1) grotty . ( ps .) -P groff grotty . file () file "-" grotty . . grotty SGR ( ISO 6429 " ANSI" ) ( [" "] ) . SGR 30-37 40-47 roff . tty.tmac grotty ISO 6429 : (black) (white) (red) (green) (blue) (yellow) (magenta) (cyan). . -t . grotty OSC 8 SGR . () ( ) grotty -- -i . SGR OSC grotty less(1) SGR OSC -R ( OSC 8 566 less ). man(1) roff less . () -c grotty roff nroff . SGR . grotty (overstrike) c "c BACKSPACE c" () c "_ BACKSPACE c" - "_ BACKSPACE c BACKSPACE c" . c (underscore) . ( ) grotty ul(1) ( ) - . more(1) -b . less . roff grotty (reverse line feed) . col(1) () . grotty device groff \X roff . \X'tty: link [uri [key=value] ...]' OSC 8. uri . uri / . uri key value . DESC "unicode" grotty UTF-8 . . : groff_font(5). "internalname n" n . 01 n grotty (slanted) 02 grotty (bold) . ( ) grotty : R ( roman) I ( italic) B ( bold) BI (-). nroff . grotty grohtml(1) gropdf(1) grops(1) . CSH Hei CSS Song CTH Hei CTS Song JPG Gothic JPM Mincho KOG Gothic KOM Mincho (OPTIONS) --help -v --version . -b (overstriking) . -B - . -c grotty ( " ()" ). SGR OSC . -d . grotty "D l" ( ) ( utf8) - | + ( ) . grotty "D p" . : groff_out(5). -f (form feed) . -F dir dir/devname name ascii latin1 utf8 . -h . . -i SGR () . xterm(1) (2014-12-28) . -c . -o (overstriking) ( / -b -u ). -r SGR . -c -i . -t SGR 38 48 RGB . -u . -U - . (EXIT STATUS) grotty 0 2 1 . (ENVIRONMENT) GROFF_FONT_PATH . : troff(1) groff_font(5). GROFF_NO_SGR grotty -c " ()" . (FILES) /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devascii/DESC ascii . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devascii/F F ascii . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devlatin1/DESC latin1 . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devlatin1/F F latin1 . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devutf8/DESC utf8 . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/font/devutf8/F F utf8 . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/tmac/tty.tmac ascii latin1 utf8 . troffrc . /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/tmac/tty-char.tmac (fallback) grotty . : nroff(1). (LIMITATIONS) grotty . o . o . o . GNU troff (stroke) (fill) . \l \L \D'l' . : () \l \D'l' ACS - (hyphen-minus) . () \D'l' . grotty ( "+") . . Hello,\L'1v' world.\l'1n' .sp 2v Hello,\D'l 0 1v' world.\D'l 1n 0' .pl \n(nlu \" truncate page for convenience "nroff -T ascii" . Hello, | world._ Hello,| |world.-- (EXAMPLES) groff : () () () () - () ("cooperate") () () () . You might see \f[B]bold\f[] and \f[I]italic\f[]. Some people see \f[BI]both at once\f[]. If the output device does (not) co\z\[ad]operate, you might see \m[red]red\m[]. Black on cyan can have a \M[cyan]\m[black]prominent\m[]\M[] \D'l 1i 0'\D'l 0 2i'\D'l 1i 0' look. .\" If in nroff mode, end page now. .if n .pl \n[nl]u . $ groff -T ascii file $ groff -T utf8 -P -i file $ groff -T utf8 -P -c file | ul (SEE ALSO) " " (ECMA-48) Ecma International . ISO 6429 SGR . " (Hyperlinks in Terminal Emulators)" (Egmont Koblinger). groff(1) troff(1) groff_out(5) groff_font(5) groff_char(7) ul(1) more(1) less(1) man(1) groff 1.24.1 2026-03-15 grotty(1)