nroff(1) General Commands Manual nroff(1) (NAME) nroff - groff (SYNOPSIS) nroff [-abcCEhikpRStUVzZ] [-d ctext] [-d string=text] [-D fallback-input-encoding] [-I inclusion-directory] [-K input-encoding] [-m macro-package] [-M macro-directory] [-n page-number] [-o page-list] [-P postprocessor-argument] [-r cnumeric-expression] [-r register=numeric-expression] [-T output-device] [-w warning-category] [-W warning-category] [file ...] nroff --help nroff -v [other-nroff-option ...] nroff --version [other-nroff-option ...] (DESCRIPTION) nroff groff(7) . nroff nroff AT&T groff(1) . nroff grotty(1) ( groff) . -T ascii latin1 utf8 . GROFF_TYPESETTER -T ( ) () nroff (locale) . locale(1) <<>> . nroff "-T ascii" . -a -b -c -C -d -E -i -I -m -M -n -o -r -U -w -W -z troff(1) . -c -h "-P -c" "-P -h" -c troff . nroff -e -q -s nroff AT&T . groff(1) -D -k -K -p -P -R -t -S -Z . -V nroff groff . -v --version nroff --help . (EXIT STATUS) nroff 2 -V -v --version --help 0 groff . (ENVIRONMENT) PATH (:) . (;) . GROFF_BIN_PATH groff PATH. roff /usr/bin PATH . GROFF_TYPESETTER groff . LC_ALL LC_CTYPE LANG LESSCHARSET -T GROFF_TYPESETTER groff . (FILES) /usr/share/groff/1.24.1/tmac/tty-char.tmac (fallback) roff . tty.tmac . nroff . (NOTES) (pager) more(1) less(1) grotty(1) . (SEE ALSO) groff(1), troff(1), grotty(1), locale(1), roff(7) groff 1.24.1 2026-03-15 nroff(1)