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NAME

6       tbl - format tables for nroff or troff
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SYNOPSIS

9       tbl [ files ] ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Tbl is a preprocessor for formatting tables for nroff or troff(1).  The
13       input files are copied to the standard output, except for lines between
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15        Details are given in the
16       tbl(1)
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19       EXAMPLE
20               As an example, letting \t represent a tab (which should be typed as  a
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23                      .TS
24        c s s
25        c c s
26        c c c
27        l n n.
28        Household Population
29        Town\tHouseholds
30        \tNumber\tSize
31        Bedminster\t789\t3.26
32        Bernards Twp.\t3087\t3.74
33        Bernardsville\t2018\t3.30
34        Bound Brook\t3425\t3.04
35        Branchburg\t1644\t3.49
36        Bridgewater\t7897\t3.81
37        Far Hills\t240\t3.19
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43                                                   Household Population
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46       Bedminster                                                                  7893.26:
47       Bernards Twp.                                                              30873.74:
48       Bernardsville                                                              20183.30:
49       Bound Brook                                                                34253.04:
50       Branchburg                                                                 16443.49:
51       Bridgewater                                                                78973.81:
52       Far Hills                                                                   2403.19:
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54       If  no  arguments are given, tbl reads the standard input, so it may be
55       used as a filter.  When tbl is used with eqn or neqn  the  tbl  command
56       should be first, to minimize the volume of data passed through pipes.
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SEE ALSO

59       troff(1), eqn(1)
60       M. E. Lesk, TBL.
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647th Edition                     April 29, 1985                          TBL(1)