soelim(1)                                               soelim(1)



NAME
     soelim - eliminates the source commands from nroff input

SYNOPSIS
     soelim [file]...

ARGUMENTS
     file Specifies the file to be read by the soelim command.

DESCRIPTION
     soelim reads the specified files or the standard input and
     performs the textual inclusion implied by the nroff
     directives of the form

        .so somefile

     when they appear at the beginning of input lines.  This is
     useful since programs such as tbl do not normally do this;
     it allows the placement of individual tables in separate
     files to be run as a part of a large document.

     An argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be
     a filename corresponding to the standard input.

     Note that inclusion can be suppressed by using ' instead of
     ., such as

        'so /usr/lib/tmac.s


EXAMPLES
     Here is a sample usage of the soelim command:

        soelim exum?.n | tbl | nroff -mm | col | lp


LIMITATIONS
     The format of the source commands must be consistent;
     exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the
     filename.

FILES
     /usr/ucb/soelim
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     col(1), eqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1), troff(1)








January 1992                                                    1