NAME

       pexpand - expand requested commands in metafile

SYNOPSIS

       pexpand [ +/-EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp ] file ..

DESCRIPTION

       Pexpand  reads  each metafile file in sequence and expands any commands specified in a '+'
       option, and deletes any commands specified in a '-' option.   This  is  necessary  because
       most  drivers will not support many metafile commands such as 'v' (vector string) and 'O',
       'C', and 's' (segments).   Pexpand  will  expand  '+'  instances  into  the  corresponding
       primitives which are supported, and delete all '-' instances.

       Certain  commands  are  currently  considered basic, and must be supported by all drivers.
       The commands 'D', 'E', 'S', 'U', 'R', 'l', 'r', and 't' are basic (see metafile(5)).

       If no input files are specified, the standard input is read.

       +EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp
                 Expand the requested command(s).

       -EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp
                 Delete the requested command(s).

EXAMPLE

       To expand vector strings and segements, and delete pauses from "meta":

         pexpand +vOCs -P meta

FILES

       /usr/lib/meta/vchars.mta  (see metafile(5))

AUTHOR

       Greg Ward

SEE ALSO

       metafile(5), psort(1)