NAME

soelim − eliminate .so’s from nroff input

SYNOPSIS

soelim [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

Soelim reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual inclusion ordered by the nroff directives of the form

.so filename

To be executed by soelim, these directives must appear at the beginning of input lines.  This inclusion method is useful since programs such as tbl do not normally include other files.  Soelim allows the placement of individual tables in separate files to be run as a part of a large document. 

Soelim interprets an argument consisting of a single minus (−) as a filename corresponding to the standard input. 

Note that inclusion can be suppressed by using ‘´’ instead of ‘.’, i.e. 

´so /usr/lib/tmac.s

EXAMPLE

soelim exum?.n | tbl | nroff −ms | col | lpr

SEE ALSO

colcrt(1), more(1)

BUGS

The format of the source commands must involve no strangeness − exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the filename. 

3rd Berkeley Distribution  —  May 7, 1986