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# tbl
> Table preprocessor for the groff (GNU Troff) document formatting system.
> See also `groff` and `troff`.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/tbl>.
- Process input with tables, saving the output for future typesetting with groff to PostScript:
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`tbl {{path/to/input_file}} > {{path/to/output.roff}}`
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- Typeset input with tables to PDF using the [me] macro package:
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`tbl -T {{pdf}} {{path/to/input.tbl}} | groff -{{me}} -T {{pdf}} > {{path/to/output.pdf}}`