{
    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "ZSOELIM",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/ZSOELIM/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-05T23:46:30Z",
    "synopsis": "zsoelim [-CVh] [file ...]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "zsoelim - satisfy .so requests in roff input\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "zsoelim [-CVh] [file ...]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "zsoelim  parses  file arguments, or if none are specified, its standard\ninput for lines of the form:\n\n.so <filename>\n\nThese requests are replaced by the contents of the filename  specified.\nIf the request cannot be met, zsoelim looks for filename.ext where .ext\ncan be one of .gz, .Z or .z.  Other extension types  may  be  supported\ndepending  upon  compile  time options.  If the request can be met by a\ncompressed file, this file is decompressed using an appropriate  decom-\npressor and its output is used to satisfy the request.\n\nTraditionally, soelim programs were used to allow roff preprocessors to\nbe able to preprocess the files referred to by the requests.  This par-\nticular  version  was written to circumvent problems created by support\nfor compressed manual pages.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-C, --compatible",
                    "content": "This flag is available for compatibility with other soelim  pro-\ngrams.   Its use is to enable .so requests followed by something\nother than whitespace.  As this is already  the  default  behav-\niour, it is ignored.\n",
                    "flag": "-C",
                    "long": "--compatible"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h, --help",
                    "content": "Print a help message and exit.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V, --version",
                    "content": "Display version information.\n",
                    "flag": "-V",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "groff(1), man(1), nroff(1), troff(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).\nFabrizio Polacco (fpolacco@debian.org).\nColin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "https://gitlab.com/cjwatson/man-db/-/issues\nhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db\n\n2.10.2                            2022-03-17                        ZSOELIM(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "zsoelim - satisfy .so requests in roff input",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-C",
            "long": "--compatible",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "This flag is available for compatibility with other soelim pro- grams. Its use is to enable .so requests followed by something other than whitespace. As this is already the default behav- iour, it is ignored."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print a help message and exit."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display version information."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "groff",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/groff/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "man",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/man/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "nroff",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/nroff/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "troff",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/troff/1/json"
        }
    ]
}