Linux Troff document opening?

[cunokyle]

Mandrake 9.0:

I am trying to read a documentation file on a program I have and it is in Troff(?) format. What do I use to open this file?

[cunokyle]

after alot of digging and searching on the web I came to this option to convert to a readable file:

groff -ms <filename> > <readablename>

where <filename> is the name of the troff document and <readablefilename> is the filename you want it to be named as a readable document. Example, I had a file called
cdrdao.1
which was the troff file. To convert I typed(as su):
groff -ms cdrdao.1 > cdrdao

I then had a readable file called cdrdao

[seekercks]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing the information on how to use groff. I am having one query what is the use of the output, because i'm getting unreadable format. i have tried with cp.1 man page.

Thanks
cks