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tabs(1) tabs(1)

tabs -- file; pr file

Any of the following can be used also; if a given option occurs more than once, the last value given takes

effect:

-Ttype tabs usually needs to know the type of terminal in order to set tabs and always needs to

know the type to set margins. type is a name listed in term(5). If no

-T option is supplied,

tabs searches for the $TERM value in the environment (see environ(5)). If

TERM is not

deﬁned in the environment,

tabs

tries a sequence that will work for many terminals.

+mn The margin argument can be used for some terminals. It causes all tabs to be moved over n

columns by making column n+1 the left margin. If

+m is given without a value of n, the value

assumed is 10. The normal (left-most) margin on most terminals is obtained by

+m0. The

margin for most terminals is reset only when the

+m option is given explicitly.

Tab and margin setting is performed via the standard output.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

LC_CTYPE determines the interpretation of text within ﬁle as single- and/or multi-byte characters.

LC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed.

If LC_CTYPE or LC_MESSAGES is not speciﬁed in the environment or is set to the empty string, the

value of LANG is used as a default for each unspeciﬁed or empty variable. If

LANG is not speciﬁed or is

set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of

LANG

If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,

tabs behaves as if all internationalization

variables are set to "C". See environ(5).

International Code Set Support

Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

DIAGNOSTICS

illegal tabs

Arbitrary tabs are ordered incorrectly.

illegal increment

A zero or missing increment found in an arbitrary speciﬁcation.

unknown tab code

A ‘‘canned’’ code cannot be found.

can’t open

ﬁle option was used and ﬁle cannot be opened.

file indirection

ﬁle option was used and the speciﬁcation in that ﬁle points to yet another ﬁle. Indirection of this

form is not permitted.

WARNINGS

There is no consistency among different terminals regarding ways of clearing tabs and setting the left mar-

gin.

It is generally impossible to usefully change the left margin without also setting tabs.

tabs clears only 20 tabs (on terminals requiring a long sequence), but is willing to set 64.