TBL(1) — UNIX Programmer’s Manual
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 .TS and .TE command lines, which are assumed to describe tables and reformatted. Details are given in the reference manual.
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
yields
| When it is used with | eqn |
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| or | neqn |
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| the | tbl |
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| command should be first, to minimize the volume | |||||||||
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| troff(1), eqn(1) | |||||||||
| M. E. Lesk, | TBL. |
SEE ALSO
7th Edition