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/usr/bin/gropdf

GNU troff text-formatting system

From groff 1.25.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running gropdf --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: gropdf [-delsW] [{-f|--format-options} bit-vector] [-F font-directory] [-I inclusion-directory] [-p paper-format] [--pdfver {1.4|1.7}] [-u [cmap-file]] [-y foundry] [file ...]
usage: gropdf {-v | --version}
usage: gropdf --help

Translate the output of troff(1) into Portable Document Format.
See the gropdf(1) manual page.
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
--help displaysman
-dInclude debug information as comments within the PDF.man
-eForces gropdf to embed all fonts (even the 14 base PDF fonts).man
-F dirPrepend directory dir/devname to the search path for font, and device description files;man
-lOrient the document in landscape format.man
-p paper-formatSet the physical dimensions of the output medium.man
--pdfver 1.4|1.7PDF version 1.7 introduced a more compact object format;man
-sAppend a comment line to end of PDF showing statistics, i.e. number of pages in document.man
-WExit with failure status if any warnings are issued.man
-y foundrySet the foundry to use for selecting fonts of the same name.man
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0gropdf successfully produced a PDF document.
1gropdf experienced a critical error, or warnings were emitted and the -W option was specified.
2gropdf could not interpret its command-line arguments.

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