TBL(1) — Unix Programmer’s Manual
NAME
tbl − format tables for nroff or troff
SYNOPSIS
tbl [ files ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Tbl is a preprocessor for formatting tables for nroff or troff(1). The input files are copied to the standard output, except for lines between
| Details are given in the | tbl(1) |
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| reference manual. | ||||||
| As an example, letting \t represent a tab (which should be typed as a genuine | ||||||
| tab) the input | ||||||
| .TS | ||||||
| c s s | ||||||
| c c s | ||||||
| c c c | ||||||
| l n n. | ||||||
| Household Population | ||||||
| Town\tHouseholds | ||||||
| \tNumber\tSize | ||||||
| Bedminster\t789\t3.26 | ||||||
| Bernards Twp.\t3087\t3.74 | ||||||
| Bernardsville\t2018\t3.30 | ||||||
| Bound Brook\t3425\t3.04 | ||||||
| Branchburg\t1644\t3.49 | ||||||
| Bridgewater\t7897\t3.81 | ||||||
| Far Hills\t240\t3.19 | ||||||
| .TE | ||||||
| yields |
EXAMPLE
| troff(1), eqn(1) | |||||||||
| M. E. Lesk, | TBL. |
SEE ALSO
7th Edition — April 29, 1985