tbl(1) General Commands Manual tbl(1) tbl - groff tbl [-C] [file ...] tbl --help tbl -v tbl --version GNU tbl groff(1) tbl troff(1) roff(7) troff. .TS .TE GNU troff. GNU tbl AT&T tbl GNU tbl AT&T troff GNU troff ( troff GNU ). tbl -t groff(1). "-" tbl . tbl .TS ( ) .TE ( ). . ( ) .T&. .TS/.TE ( ). ( roff tbl roff: . tbl . TS T& TE . tbl troff .) () . . .TS . . . . (;). allbox box doublebox frame doubleframe "" . allbox box. box . GNU tbl frame . center ( ) . GNU tbl centre . decimalpoint(c) c N () ( " " ). GNU. delim(xy) Recognize characters x and y as start and end delimiters, respectively, for eqn(1) input, and ignore input between them. x and y need not be distinct. doublebox box. GNU tbl doubleframe . expand ( ) . ( ). expand tbl ( ). tbl troff . x ( ) . linesize(n) Draw lines or rules (e.g., from box) with a thickness of n points. . . nokeep (diversions) roff . tbl . -- . GNU. nospaces . GNU. nowarn . GNU. tab(c) c . : . . . ( ) . . ( ). . . . : ( ) . . "|" GNU tbl. . "." . . tbl . . "CbCb,LR." . . "LR". GNU tbl L . L R C . A, a en . "" ( ) L "LL,AR.". A " " . C, c . L, l . N, n . tbl . . tbl tbl . roff \& ( ) tbl . If N-classified entries share a column with L or R entries, tbl centers the widest N entry with respect to the widest L or R entry, preserving the alignment of N entries with respect to each other. eqn N tbl . delim tbl eqn. R, r . S, s . ^ . _, - . tbl . ( ) "_" . = . tbl . ( ) "=" . | ( ). . | () . tbl .T& . . . S . . tbl . . . . The modifier x is mutually exclusive with e and w, but e is not mutually exclusive with w; if these are used in combination, x unsets both e and w, while either e or w overrides x. b, B f(B). d, D ("down") . GNU. e, E . . f, F . ( ) ( ) . . ( ft troff.) . i, I f(I). m, M groff ( " " ). GNU. . . . groff . b f i p v . p, P . An integer n with an optional leading sign must follow. If unsigned, the type size is set to n points. Otherwise, the type size is incremented or decremented per the sign by n points. . ( ps troff.) ( ) . t, T . u, U "" . Documenter's Workbench (DWB) 1.0 Research Tenth Edition Unix. v, V . An integer n with an optional leading sign must follow. If unsigned, the vertical spacing is set to n points. Otherwise, the vertical spacing is incremented or decremented per the sign by n points. . ( vs troff.) ( ) . w, W . roff . ( ). en. . x, X . . Documenter's Workbench (DWB) 3.3. Applying the x modifier to more than one column is a GNU extension. . z, Z . Documenter's Workbench (DWB) 1.0 Research Tenth Edition Unix. n ( en) 3n. expand . . tbl. . . ( .) (tab) tab . ( ) tbl . tbl roff . roff \&. .T& .TE. . . tbl . z w . roff ( ) . tbl . o (_ =) tbl . o _ = tbl . o \_ \= tbl () . o If a table entry contains only \Rx , where x is any roff ordinary, special, or indexed character, tbl populates its cell with enough repetitions of the glyph corresponding to x to fill the column without joining its neighbors. o \^ . . _ = roff \& . \_ \= \R roff (\e \[rs]). \^ groff (\[rs]\[ha]). groff . (.) ( ) . roff \&. . ( ) . tbl "T{" . "T}" . ( T{ T}). troff. . . . A C L N R S . na ad . . . w x ( ) LxC/(N+1) L C N . ll ( ) . tbl troff dn dl . roff TW .TE troff TE . "T." . #T . . tbl T# . tbl (trap) . "" . GNU tbl internally employs register, string, macro, and diversion names beginning with the numeral 3. GNU tbl . eqn tbl eqn(1). ( groff(1) .) EQ EN eqn delim tbl. GNU tbl GNU tbl AT&T tbl. o . o . o GNU tbl 200 . (.T&) 200 . o . o . GNU tbl . tbl "..". . tbl tbl roff: troff. tbl \$1 \$2 troff . tbl ( if ie el while) . tbl lf tbl . "c." . --help -v --version . -C AT&T: .TS .TE (leader) \a . tbl exits with status 0 on successful operation, status 2 if the program cannot interpret its command-line arguments, and status 1 if it encounters an error during operation. tbl ( roff) \" \!. / . ms mm me. .TS "H" TS H. TH . TH . / (keep/release) . bp "TS H". bp: . \! "" . "" . grotty(1) . u . On terminal devices ("nroff mode"), horizontal rules and box borders occupy a full vee of space; doublebox doubles that for borders. nroff troff: ne . nroff / . . \a (leaders) GNU tbl . : \a . roff (Control+A) \a : . .ds a \a .TS box center tab(;); Lw(2i)0 L. \*a;6,327,119 .TE +--------------------------------+ |?6,327,119 | +--------------------------------+ "|" "|LCR|." (en space) . ( ) "" / . .TS center tab(#); R0|L C R0|L. _ #### _ .TE . tbl . .TS box center tab(#); Cb Cb L L. # # # # # # \f[I]\f[] # .TE +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A N . .TS center tab(;); CbS,LN,AN. () .\" 3 ;4.5 ;2.25 ;3 .T& LN,AN. Pu-239;14.6 _ .T& LN. ;\[ti]24.4 .TE () 4.5 2.25 3 Pu-239 14.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~24.4 mandoc tbl . . .TS box center tab(:); Lz S | Rt Ld| Cb| ^ ^ | Rz S. : :: : .TE +-----------+---+ |left | r | |l | center | | | | right | +--+------------+ . .TS center tab(|); Cf(BI) Cf(BI) Cf(B), C C Cu. n|n\f[B]\[tmu]\f[]n| 1|1 2|4|3 3|9|5 4|16|7 5|25|9 6|36|11 .TE n nxn 1 1 2 4 3 3 9 5 4 16 7 5 25 9 6 36 11 tbl . tbl . "BP". .de BP . ie '\\n(.z'' .bp \\$1 . el \!.BP \\$1 .. "Tbl-- " M. E. Lesk 1976 ( 16 1979) AT&T Bell 49. mandoc tbl . groff(1), troff(1) 3 . . : . groff 1.24.1 15 2026 tbl(1)