nl.1: document pages

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.Dd 2015-10-08
.Dd 2020-05-15
.Dt NL 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
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is given
.Nm
reads from stdin.
.Pp
.Nm
treats the input text as a collection of logical pages divided into
logical page sections.
Each logical page consists of a header section, a body
section and a footer section.
Sections may be empty.
The start of each section is indicated by a single delimiting line, one of:
.Bl -column "\e:\e:\e: " "header " -offset indent
.It Em "Line" Ta Em "Start of"
.It \e:\e:\e: header
.It \e:\e: body
.It \e: footer
.El
.Pp
If the input text contains no delimiting line then all of the input text
belongs to a single logical page body section.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl p