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## NAME
       pooltype - display a WEB pool file

## SYNOPSIS
       **pooltype _**pool_file_name_

## DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version
       of TeX can be found in the info file or manual _Web2C:_ _A_ _TeX_ _implementation_.

       The **pooltype **program translates a (program-oriented) Web string pool file  to  a  (human-ori‐
       ented) text file.

       The  _pool_file_name_  must  be  complete; no adding of default extensions or path searching is
       done.

## SEE ALSO
       [**tangle**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tangle/1/markdown).

## AUTHORS
       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program and originally ported it to Unix. It was published as  part
       of the _TeXware_ technical report, available from the TeX Users Group.

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