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User Commandstbl(1)


NAME

 tbl - format tables for nroff or troff

SYNOPSIS

 tbl [-me] [-mm] [-ms] [filename] ...

DESCRIPTION

 

tbl is a preprocessor for formatting tables for nroff(1) or troff(1). The input filenames are copied to the standard output, except that lines between .TS and .TE command lines are assumed to describe tables and are reformatted.

If no arguments are given, tbl reads the standard input, so tbl may be used as a filter. When tbl is used with eqn(1) or neqn, the tbl command should be first, to minimize the volume of data passed through pipes.

OPTIONS

 
-me
Copy the -me macro package to the front of the output file.
-mm
Copy the -mm macro package to the front of the output file.
-ms
Copy the -ms macro package to the front of the output file.

EXAMPLES

 Example 1. Using tbl
 

As an example, letting `@' (at-sign) represent a TAB, which should be typed as an actual TAB character in the input file

 
.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
.TE

yields

Household Population
TownHouseholds
 NumberSize
Bedminster7893.26
Bernards Twp.30873.74
Bernardsville20183.30
Bound Brook34253.04
Branchburg16443.49

FILES

 
/usr/share/lib/tmac/e
-me macros
/usr/share/lib/tmac/m
-mm macros
/usr/share/lib/tmac/s
-ms macros

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWdoc

SEE ALSO

 

eqn(1), nroff(1), troff(1), attributes(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 2 Aug 1994

 
      
      
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