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1.1       root        1: This directory contains the 'tbl' table-formatting
                      2: program.  It is the standard reference
                      3: for the source code on UNIX.
                      4: 
                      5: To compile tbl:
                      6:        make tbl
                      7: 
                      8: To check:
                      9:   for all possible X
                     10:     tbl sampleX | troff -t >junk1
                     11:     a.out sampleX | troff -t >junk2
                     12:     cmp junk1 junk2
                     13:   if identical, the new version has all the features
                     14:   of the old program.  Most easily done by
                     15:   the 'compr' shell program.
                     16: 
                     17: 
                     18: To install:
                     19:   cp a.out /usr/bin/tbl
                     20:   strip /usr/bin/tbl

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