NAME
tbl - format tables for nroff or troff

SYNOPSIS
tbl [ files ] ...

DESCRIPTION
Tbl is a preprocessor for formatting tables for nroff(1) or
troff(1). The input files are copied to the standard output,
except for lines between and are reformatted.

EXAMPLE
As an example, letting 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
TownHouseholds
NumberSize
Bedminster7893.26
Bernards Twp.30873.74
Bernardsville20183.30
Bound Brook34253.04
Branchburg16443.49
Bridgewater78973.81
Far Hills2403.19
.TE

yields

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

If no arguments are given, tbl reads the standard input, so it may
be used as a filter. When tbl is used with eqn(1) or neqn the tbl
command should be first, to minimize the volume of data passed
through pipes.

SEE ALSO
nroff(1), troff(1), eqn(1)
M. E. Lesk, "Tbl - A Program to Format Tables" (see MachTen Text
Processing manual)