7.3.1 Invoking grops

The postprocessor grops accepts the following command-line options:

-bflags

Use backward compatibility settings given by flags as documented in the grops(1) manual page. Overrides the command broken in the DESC file.

-cn

Print n copies of each page.

-Fdir

Put the directory dir/devname in front of the search path for the font, prologue and device description files, given the target device name, usually ps.

-g

Tell the printer to guess the page length. Useful for printing vertically centered pages when the paper dimensions are determined at print time.

-Ipath …

Consider the directory path for searching included files specified with relative paths. The current directory is searched as fallback.

-l

Use landscape orientation.

-m

Use manual feed.

-ppapersize

Set the page dimensions. Overrides the commands papersize, paperlength, and paperwidth in the DESC file. See the groff_font(5) manual page for details.

-Pprologue

Use the prologue in the font path as the prologue instead of the default prologue. Overrides the environment variable GROPS_PROLOGUE.

-wn

Set the line thickness to n/1000em. Overrides the default value n = 40.

-v

Print the version number.