how to read a troff file?
 

hi there,

I have a troff file and don't know what to do with it. who knows how to read this, or how to convert it to plain text? thnx.

Where did this file come from? What is a troff file? Have you tried Google?

try using the man program:
man $file>textfile

Then you should be able to open "textfile" with any text editor.

Forgot to mention that youll need to give the man program the complete path to the file you want to open.

Try this search

hmm... maybe I should have mentioned that the first thing I did, of course, was searching on Google. I know a bit about troff now, that manpages are troff files and that it is a markup kind of language.

what I am still looking for is a tool that can strip the commands from the file, leaving a simple text file. anyone?