yodlstriproff(1) Your Own Document Language yodlstriproff(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

yodlstriproff - strip ASCII control characters

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

*command |* **yodlstriproff** *> outputfile*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **yodlstriproff** program is a very simple tool to strip ASCII control characters from a stream, so that only \`bare’ ASCII is left. The stripped control sequences are ^H (backspace) followed by any character; this mechanism is used to underline or boldface text on terminals that support it.

**yodlstriproff** is commonly used with the Yodl converters **yodl2msless** and **yodl2manless**.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**yodl**(1)](/man/os/yodl/yodl.1), [**yodlbuiltins**(7)](/man/os/yodl/yodlbuiltins.7), [**yodlconverters**(1)](/man/os/yodl/yodlconverters.1), [**yodlletter**(7)](/man/os/yodl/yodlletter.7), [**yodlmacros**(7)](/man/os/yodl/yodlmacros.7), [**yodlmanpage**(7)](/man/os/yodl/yodlmanpage.7), [**yodlpost**(1)](/man/os/yodl/yodlpost.1), [**yodltables**(7)](/man/os/yodl/yodltables.7), [**yodlverbinsert**(1)](/man/os/yodl/yodlverbinsert.1).

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

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# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl),

1996-2025 yodl\_4.05.01

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Document: yodlstriproff(1) from yodl 4.05.01-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.com/fbb-git/yodl.git