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 @(#)tbl.1 6.2 (Berkeley) 06/24/90

 TBL 1 "%Q"
.AT 3

 NAME
tbl - format tables for nroff or troff

 SYNOPSIS
 tbl [ files ] ...

 DESCRIPTION
 Tbl is a preprocessor for formatting tables for
 nroff or
 troff (1). The input files are copied to the standard output, except for lines between



Details are given in the 
 tbl (1) reference manual.

 EXAMPLE

As an example, letting \\t represent a tab (which should be typed as a genuine
tab) the input

 ""
.TS

c s s
c c s
c c c
l n n.
Household Population
Town\\tHouseholds
\\tNumber\\tSize
Bedminster\\t789\\t3.26
Bernards Twp.\\t3087\\t3.74
Bernardsville\\t2018\\t3.30
Bound Brook\\t3425\\t3.04
Branchburg\\t1644\\t3.49
Bridgewater\\t7897\\t3.81
Far Hills\\t240\\t3.19
.TE




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 tbl reads the standard input, so it may be used as a filter. When 
 tbl is used with
 eqn or
 neqn the
 tbl command should be first, to minimize the volume of data passed through pipes.

 SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1)


M. E. Lesk,
 TBL.