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## NAME
       zsoelim - satisfy .so requests in roff input

## SYNOPSIS
       **zsoelim** [**-CVh**] [_file_ ...]

## DESCRIPTION
       **zsoelim**  parses _file_ arguments, or if none are specified, its standard input for lines of the
       form:

       **.so** <_filename_>

       These requests are replaced by the contents of the _filename_ specified.  If the request cannot
       be  met, **zsoelim** looks for _filename.ext_ where _.ext_ can be one of **.gz**, **.Z** or **.z**.  Other exten‐
       sion types may be supported depending upon compile time options.  If the request can  be  met
       by  a  compressed  file,  this file is decompressed using an appropriate decompressor and its
       output is used to satisfy the request.

       Traditionally, **soelim** programs were used to allow roff preprocessors to be able to preprocess
       the  files  referred  to  by the requests.  This particular version was written to circumvent
       problems created by support for compressed manual pages.

## OPTIONS
### -C --compatible
              This flag is available for compatibility with other **soelim** programs.  Its  use  is  to
              enable  .so  requests followed by something other than whitespace.  As this is already
              the default behaviour, it is ignored.

### -h --help
              Print a help message and exit.

### -V --version
              Display version information.

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

## AUTHOR
       Wilf. (<G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk>).
       Fabrizio Polacco (<fpolacco@debian.org>).
       Colin Watson (<cjwatson@debian.org>).

## BUGS
       <https://gitlab.com/cjwatson/man-db/-/issues>
       <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db>



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