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About tbl
The tbl command is a preprocessor for formatting tables for
nroff or troff. 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.
Syntax
tbl [ -me ] [ -mm ] [ -ms ] [ filename ]
| -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. |
| filename |
The name of the file to run through
tbl. |
Examples
tbl myfile.txt - process the file myfile.txt
through tbl.
Related commands
eqn nroff
troff
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