DEMANDOC(1) General Commands Manual DEMANDOC(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`demandoc` — emit only text of UNIX manuals

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`demandoc` \[`-w`] \[`file ...`]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The `demandoc` utility emits only the text portions of well-formed [mdoc(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/mdoc.7) and [man(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/man.7) UNIX manual files.

By default, `demandoc` parses standard input and outputs only text nodes, preserving line and column position. Escape sequences are omitted from the output.

Its arguments are as follows:

[`-w`](#w)

Output a word list. This outputs each word of text on its own line. A "word", in this case, refers to whitespace-delimited terms beginning with at least two letters and not consisting of any escape sequences. Words have their leading and trailing punctuation (double-quotes, sentence punctuation, etc.) stripped.

`file ...`

The input files.

If a document is not well-formed, it is skipped.

The `-i`, `-k`, `-m`, and `-p` flags are silently discarded for calling compatibility with the historical deroff.

# [EXIT STATUS](#EXIT_STATUS)

The `demandoc` utility exits with one of the following values:

0

No errors occurred.

6

An operating system error occurred, for example memory exhaustion or an error accessing input files. Such errors cause `demandoc` to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file. The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

The traditional usage of `demandoc` is for spell-checking manuals on BSD. This is accomplished as follows (assuming British spelling):

`$ demandoc -w file.1 | spell -b`

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[mandoc(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/mandoc.1), [man(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/man.7), [mdoc(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/mdoc.7)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

`demandoc` replaces the historical deroff utility for handling modern [man(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/man.7) and [mdoc(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/mandoc/mdoc.7) documents.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

The `demandoc` utility was written by Kristaps Dzonsons <[kristaps@bsd.lv](mailto:kristaps@bsd.lv)>.

September 12, 2014 Linux 4.19.0-gvisor

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Document: demandoc(1) from mandoc 1.14.6-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/snapshots/mandoc-1.14.6.tar.gz