TBL(1)                  GENIX Programmer's Manual                  TBL(1)



      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 .TS and .TE command lines, which  are  assumed  to  describe
           tables and reformatted.  Details are given in the 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


                    Household Population
                    Town         Households
                                Number   Size
                Bedminster        789    3.26
                Bernards Twp.    3087    3.74
                Bernardsville    2018    3.30
                Bound Brook      3425    3.04
                Branchburg       1644    3.49
                Bridgewater      7897    3.81
                Far Hills         240    3.19

           If no arguments are given, tbl reads the standard input, so  it  may
           be  used as a filter.  When it is used with eqn or neqn the tbl com-
           mand should be first, to minimize the volume of data passed  through
           pipes.





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      TBL(1)                  GENIX Programmer's Manual                  TBL(1)



      SEE ALSO
           troff(1), eqn(1)
           M. E. Lesk, TBL.




















































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