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tabs
which case the number is considered to be an increment on the previous
setting rather than a column position. For example,
tabs 4,8,12
tabs 4,+4,+4
are equivalent.
tabspec
Can be one of –a, –a2, –c, –c2, –c3, –f, –p, –s or –u and sets tab stops at
these positions:
–a 1,10,16,36,72
–a2 1,10,16,40,72
–c 1,8,12,16,20,55
–c2 1,6,10,14,49
–c3 1,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42,46,50,54,58,62,67
–f 1,7,11,15,19,23
–p 1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61
–s 1,10,55
–u 1,12,20,44
Each tabspec is designed for a particular programming language.
Assembler uses –a,–a2, and –u. COBOL uses –c, –c2, and –c3.
FORTRAN, PL/I, and SNOBOL use –f, –p, and –s, respectively.
–number
Sets tab stops every number positions along the line. number must be a
single-digit decimal number. If number is zero (–0), tabs clears all the tab
stops and does not set new ones.
Environment Variables
tabs uses the following environment variables:
TERM Contains the name of your terminal.
TERMINFO
Contains the pathname of the terminfo database.
Localization
Exit Values
tabs uses the following localization environment variables:
v LANG
v LC_ALL
v LC_CTYPE
v LC_MESSAGES
v NLSPATH
See Appendix F for more information.
0 Successful completion
1 Missing definition in the terminfo database
2 Usage error
3 Unknown terminal or cannot find the terminfo database
4 Illegal tabs
5 An error occurred
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