.Dd Apr 25, 2019
.Dt pp 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pp
.Nd preprocessor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm pp
.Op Fl d
.Ar file
.Op args ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility processes
.Ar file
to produce output that is used as input to another
program.
.Pp
It executes code enclosed in
.Dq #!\en
delimiters using
.Xr sh 1 .
.Op args ...
are passed to the embbeded script and are available
via the usual
.Em  $1, $2, ...
positional parameters.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
.Nm
will dump the generated
.Xr sh 1
code instead of executing it. This is useful for debugging.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Preprocess file with arguments:
.Pp
.Dl $ pp file.upphtml a b
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sh 1