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.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/soelim/soelim.1 290478 2015-11-07 01:58:23Z bapt $
.\"
.Dd November 7, 2015
.Dt SOELIM 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm soelim
.Nd interpret .so requests in manpages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl Crtv
.Op Fl I Ar dir
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility
reads the specified files or the standard input and performs the textual
inclusion implied by the
.Xr nroff 1
directives of the form:
.Pp
.Dl \&.so anotherfile
.Pp
If a line starts with:
.Dq .so anotherfile
it replaces the line by processing
.Dq anotherfile .
Otherwise the line is printed to stdout.
.Bl -tag -width "-I dir"
.It Fl C
Recognise
.Em .so
when it is not followed by a space character.
.It Fl r
Compatibility with groff's
.Nm
(does nothing).
.It Fl t
Compatibility with groff's
.Nm
(does nothing).
.It Fl v
Compatibility with groff's
.Nm
(does nothing).
.It Fl I Ar dir
This option specifies directories where
.Nm
searches for files (both those on the command line and those named in
.Dq .so
directive.)
This option may be specified multiple times.
The directories will be searched in the order specified.
.El
.Pp
The files are always searched first in the current directory.
.Pp
A file specified with an absolute path will be opened directly without
performing a search.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1
.Sh AUTHORS
This version of the
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@freebsd.org .