tbl - formats tables for nroff
tbl [file...]
Produces output without fractional line motions. You use
this option when the destination output device or printer
or post-filter cannot handle fractional line motions.
Reads in ms macros prior to table formatting. Reads in
the mm macros prior to table formatting, if your system
has the *roff mm macros installed.
The tbl preprocessor is used for formatting tables for
nroff. When you run tbl, the input files are copied to
standard output, except for lines between the .TS (table
start) and .TE (table end) command lines. All lines
between the .TS and .TE command lines are assumed to
describe a table and are reformatted.
If no arguments are given, tbl reads from standard input,
so it can be used as a filter. When tbl is used with neqn
or other equation formatting *roff tools, the tbl command
should be invoked first to minimize the volume of data
passed through the pipes.
The following examples show tables that have been coded
using tbl macros and the results after you run tbl to format
the table. .TS tab(@); c s s c c s c c c l n n.
Household Population Town@Households @Number@Size Bedminster@[email protected]
Bernards Twp.@[email protected]
Bernardsville@[email protected] Bound Brook@[email protected] Branchburg@[email protected]
Bridgewater@[email protected] Far Hills@[email protected]
.TE
When formatted by tbl and then nroff, the output is
as follows:
Household Population
Town Households
Number Size Bedminster 789
3.26 Bernards Twp. 3087 3.74 Bernardsville
2018 3.30 Bound Brook 3425 3.04 Branchburg
1644 3.49 Bridgewater 7897
3.81 Far Hills 240 3.19 The following
example shows how to specify column widths using
the w column option. The width of a column must be
large enough to contain it's anticipated data.
Multiple line column entries are controlled by T{
and T}.
.TS tab(@); cw(.5i) lw(1.2i) lw(3.0i).
Return@Error@Description _ 0@@Successful completion.
1@ENOM@T{ Insufficient memory exists to create
this object. Multiple lines can be written in
text surrounded by T braces. T} 2@EINVAL@The value
specified is invalid. .TE
When formatted by tbl and then nroff, the output is
as follows:
Return Error Description
_________________________________________________________________
0 Successful completion.
1 ENOM Insufficient memory
exists to create
this object. Multiple
lines can be
written in text surrounded
by T braces.
2 EINVAL The value specified is
invalid.
neqn(1), nroff(1), ms(5)
tbl(1)
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