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nroffs

nroffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nroff.

Meaning of nroff

Verb

nroff (third-person singular simple present nroffs, present participle nroffing, simple past and past participle nroffed)

  1. (transitive) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
    • The user either selects a new filename, edits the default file, nroffs it to the screen, or to a printer, or logs out.1985, Eric Foxley, UNIX for super-users, page 158

Questions about nroffs

What is nroffs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nroffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nroff.

Words near nroffs in the dictionary

  1. nRNAs
  2. NRO
  3. nroff
  4. nroffed
  5. nroffing
  6. nroffs
  7. NROL
  8. NROLs
  9. NROs
  10. NROTC
  11. NRQM

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