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30.\"     @(#)soelim.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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32.Dd June 6, 1993
33.Dt SOELIM 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm soelim
37.Nd eliminate \&.so's from nroff input
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl I Ar directory
41.Op Ar file ...
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual
45inclusion implied by the
46.Xr nroff 1
47directives of the form:
48.Pp
49.Dl \&.so somefile
50.Pp
51The directives need to appear at the beginning of input lines.
52This is useful since programs such as
53.Xr tbl 1
54do not normally do this; it allows the placement of individual tables
55in separate files to be run as a part of a large document.
56.Pp
57An argument consisting of a single minus
58.Ql Fl
59is taken to be
60a file name corresponding to the standard input.
61.Pp
62Note that inclusion can be suppressed by using
63.Ql \e'
64instead of
65.Ql \e. ,
66i.e.
67.Pp
68.Dl \'so /usr/lib/tmac.s
69.Pp
70A sample usage of
71.Nm
72would be
73.Pp
74.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
75soelim exum?.n \&| tbl \&| nroff \-ms \&| col \&| lpr
76.Ed
77.Pp
78The options are as follows:
79.Bl -tag -width indent
80.It Fl I
81Add the specified directory to the search path for input files.
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr colcrt 1 ,
85.Xr more 1
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89command appeared in
90.Bx 3.0 .
91.Sh BUGS
92The format of the source commands must involve no strangeness \-
93exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the file name.
94