osf1 man page for soelim

soelim(1)						      General Commands Manual							 soelim(1)

NAME
       soelim - Processes .so requests in nroff input

SYNOPSIS
       soelim [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       The soelim command reads the specified files or standard input and performs the textual inclusion implied by nroff requests of the form:

       .so file

       When  these  requests  appear at the beginning of input lines (see SEE ALSO).  This is useful since commands such as tbl do not normally do
       this; the soelim command allows the placement of individual tables in separate files to be run as a part of a large document.  The original
       and included text are written to the standard output.

       Note  that exactly one space must precede and no spaces can follow the filename.  A flag consisting of a - (dash) is taken to be a filename
       corresponding to standard input.  Inclusion can be suppressed by  using	a  '  (single  quote)  instead	of  a  .  (dot)  as  follows:  'so
       /usr/share/lib/tmac.s

EXAMPLES
       In the following example, the soelim command is used to preprocess file inclusion (.so) requests: soelim exum?.n | tbl | nroff -ms

       Because	the  tbl command does not process the nroff requests, the soelim command is used to preprocess them.  The output is then passed to
       the tbl command.  This facilitates the placement of tables in separate files that can be included to form a large document.

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  colcrt(1), neqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)

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