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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 .so 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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