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.TH "Write man pages" 5 19/11/2007
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.SH PARSER
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.B nroff -man
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.P
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Pipe your input throw this command.
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.SH FORMAT COMMANDS
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.TP 6
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.B .TH title section date
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Title Heading; specify product name, man page section (usually 1), and date, in
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this order.
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.TP
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.B ".SH <Text>"
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Section Heading
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.B ".SS <Text>"
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SubSection Heading
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.B .P
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Paragraph break
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.B ".IP <Item>"
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Starts an indented paragraph where "item" is put to the left of it.
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.TP
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.B .HP
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Starts a paragraph with a hanging indent; i.e. lines after the first are
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indented.
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.B .RE
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Defines an indented region
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.TP
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.B ".B <Text>"
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Bold
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.B ".I <Text>"
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Italic
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.B ".TP <Columns>"
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Term/paragraph format; columns specify how many columns to allocate to the term
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column.
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.B .BR
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Break line
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.B .NF
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Nofill (used to suppress normal line filling; used for preformatted text)
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Fill (used to resume normal line filling, usually after a .nf)
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.B .\``
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Comment line
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.SH FROM
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