.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" @(#)soelim.1 6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
.Nd eliminate \&.so's from nroff input
reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual
The directives need to appear at the beginning of input lines.
This is useful since programs such as
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.
An argument consisting of a single minus
a file name corresponding to the standard input.
Note that inclusion can be suppressed by using
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
soelim exum?.n \&| tbl \&| nroff \-ms \&| col \&| lpr
The format of the source commands must involve no strangeness \-
exactly one blank must precede and no blanks follow the file name.