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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.TH soelim 1 "14 Sep 1992" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
soelim \- resolve and eliminate .so requests from nroff or troff input
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBsoelim\fR [\fIfilename\fR]...
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBsoelim\fR reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual inclusion implied by the \fBnroff\fR(1) directives of the form:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fB\&.so\fR \fIsomefile\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.sp
.LP
when they appear at the beginning of input lines. 
.sp
.LP
This is useful as programs such as \fBtbl\fR(1) do not normally do this. It allows the placement of individual tables in separate files to be run as a part of a large document.
.sp
.LP
An argument consisting of \fB\(mi\fR is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
.sp
.LP
Inclusion can be suppressed by using a single quote (\fB\&'\fR) instead of a dot (\fB\&.\fR) that is,
.sp
.in +2
.nf
 ' so /usr/share/lib/tmac/tmac.s
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRUsing the \fBsoelim\fR Command
.sp
.LP
The following is an example of the \fBsoelim\fR command:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fBexample% soelim exum?.n | tbl | nroff\fR \fB-ms\fR \fB| col | lpr\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitytext/doctools
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBmore\fR(1), \fBnroff\fR(1), \fBtbl\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)