soelim(1)soelim(1)NAMEsoelim - Processes .so requests in nroff input
SYNOPSISsoelim [file...]
DESCRIPTION
The soelim command reads the specified files or standard input and per‐
forms 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)soelim(1)