XTABS v1.31 - expand tabs to spaces
Documentation revised 21 Oct 00 - Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

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Usage Top || Next

xtabs [log logfile] [options] [infile] [to outfile]

See Understanding The Usage Section for details.


Description Top || Previous || Next

xtabs copies infile to outfile, replacing every tab by enough spaces to reach the next tab position. Any other text is copied without change.

outfile will look the same as infile, provided the tab size used by xtabs is the same as that 'assumed' in infile.

The default tab size is 3, giving tab positions 4, 7, 10 ...

xtabs writes a one-line report to standard error (or logfile, if used) when done, e.g.:

      xtabs: 42 tabs expanded

If you don't specify infile, xtabs reads from standard input.
If you don't specify outfile, xtabs writes to standard output.
If you don't specify logfile, xtabs writes error messages to standard error.


Options Top || Previous || Next

xtabs recognizes the following command line options:


Return Codes Top || Previous || Next

xtabs returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):

For more details, see TextTools General Features.


Version History Top || Previous

These are the released versions of xtabs:

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