groff

• Documentation:
  • Unix Text Processing, an excellent introduction and reference.
  • groff home page
  • At GNU
• To send a plain text file to a postscript printer, go:
  groff -ms file | lpr
  groff -ms file > file.ps
• To send a plain text file to a postscript printer without filling or justification, (i.e. file prints as is, with given indentation):
  (echo '.nf';cat file) | groff -ms > file.ps
  (echo '.nf';cat file) | groff -ms | lpr
• Frequently used commands:
  • .in: set indentation
  • .fi: fill lines
  • .nf: no filling
  • <B>text<P>: bold text
  • <I>text<P>: italic text
  • \*(DY: insert date, with -ms
• Use -ms macro package for proper page breaks and page numbering.
• To view a man page in a terminal:
  groff -man -Tascii man_page.n | less