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35.Dd June 6, 1993
36.Dt SOELIM 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm soelim
40.Nd eliminate \&.so's from nroff input
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Ar
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47utility
48reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual
49inclusion implied by the
50.Xr nroff 1
51directives of the form:
52.Pp
53.Dl \&.so somefile
54.Pp
55The directives need to appear at the beginning of input lines.
56This is useful since programs such as
57.Xr tbl 1
58do not normally do this; it allows the placement of individual tables
59in separate files to be run as a part of a large document.
60.Pp
61An argument consisting of a single minus
62.Sq Fl
63is taken to be
64a file name corresponding to the standard input.
65.Pp
66Note that inclusion can be suppressed by using
67.Ql \e'
68instead of
69.Ql \e. ,
70i.e.\&
71.Pp
72.Dl \'so /usr/lib/tmac.s
73.Pp
74A sample usage of
75.Nm
76would be
77.Pp
78.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
79soelim exum?.n \&| tbl \&| nroff \-ms \&| col \&| lpr
80.Ed
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr colcrt 1 ,
83.Xr more 1
84.Sh BUGS
85The format of the source commands must involve no strangeness \-
86exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the file name.
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90command appeared in
91.Bx 3.0 .
92