.\" SCCSID: @(#)soelim.1	8.1	9/11/90.\" Last modified by MJT on 27-Aug-85  0001.\"  Repaired beginning matter to work right in whatis database.TH soelim 1.SH Namesoelim \- eliminate nroff source directives from nroff input.SH Syntax.B soelim[\|\fIfile...\fR\|].SH Description.NXR "soelim command".NXA "nroff text processor" "soelim command"The.PN soelimcommandreads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textualinclusion implied by the.PN nroffdirectives of the form.EX\&.so somefile.EEwhen they appear at the beginning of input lines.This is useful since programs such as.PN tbldo not normally do this; it allows the placement of individual tablesin separate files to be run as a part of a large document..PPNote that inclusion canbe suppressed by using `\'' instead of `\.', that is.EX\'so /usr/lib/tmac.s.EEA sample usage of.PN soelimwould be.EXsoelim exum?.n | tbl | nroff \-ms | col | lpr.EE.SH Options.IP \fB\-\fR 0.3iFile name corresponding to standard input.  .SH RestrictionsThe format of the source commands must involve no strangeness \-exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the file name..SH See Alsocolcrt(1), more(1)