bsd man page for tbl

TBL(1)							      General Commands 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

	Details are given in the
       tbl(1)
	reference manual.

       EXAMPLE
	tab) thesinputxample, letting 	 represent a tab (which should be typed as a genuine

		      .TS
	c s s
	c c s
	c c c
	l n n.
	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
	.TE

	       yields

						   Household Population
					    Town Households
						   NumberSize
       Bedminster								   783.26:
       Bernards Twp.								  3083.74:
       Bernardsville								  2013.30:
       Bound Brook								  3423.04:
       Branchburg								  1643.49:
       Bridgewater								  7893.81:
       Far Hills								   243.19:

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

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

7th Edition							  April 29, 1985							    TBL(1)