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tabs 1

-tabs(1)                                                         tabs(1)
+tabs(1)                                                                tabs(1)
 
 
 
@@ -54,47 +54,47 @@
 
 
 

DESCRIPTION

-       The  tabs  program clears and sets tab-stops on the termi-
-       nal.  This uses the terminfo  clear_all_tabs  and  set_tab
-       capabilities.   If  either  is  absent,  tabs is unable to
-       clear/set tab-stops.  The terminal should be configured to
-       use hard tabs, e.g.,
+       The  tabs program clears and sets tab-stops on the terminal.  This uses
+       the terminfo clear_all_tabs and set_tab  capabilities.   If  either  is
+       absent,  tabs is unable to clear/set tab-stops.  The terminal should be
+       configured to use hard tabs, e.g.,
 
-              stty tab0
+         stty tab0
+
+       Like clear(1), tabs writes to the standard output.   You  can  redirect
+       the standard output to a file (which prevents tabs from actually chang-
+       ing the tabstops), and later cat the file to the screen,  setting  tab-
+       stops at that point.
 
 
 

OPTIONS

 
 

General Options

        -Tname
-            Tell tabs which terminal type to use.  If this option
-            is not given, tabs will  use  the  $TERM  environment
-            variable.   If  that  is  not  set,  it  will use the
-            ansi+tabs entry.
+            Tell  tabs  which  terminal  type  to  use.  If this option is not
+            given, tabs will use the $TERM environment variable.  If  that  is
+            not set, it will use the ansi+tabs entry.
 
-       -d   The debugging option shows a ruler line, followed  by
-            two  data  lines.   The  first  data  line  shows the
-            expected tab-stops marked with asterisks.  The second
-            data  line  shows  the  actual tab-stops, marked with
-            asterisks.
+       -d   The  debugging  option  shows  a  ruler line, followed by two data
+            lines.  The first data line shows the  expected  tab-stops  marked
+            with  asterisks.  The second data line shows the actual tab-stops,
+            marked with asterisks.
 
-       -n   This option tells tabs to check the options  and  run
-            any  debugging option, but not to modify the terminal
-            settings.
+       -n   This option tells tabs to check the options and run any  debugging
+            option, but not to modify the terminal settings.
 
-       -V   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
-            program, and exits.
+       -V   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
+            exits.
 
-       The  tabs  program  processes  a single list of tab stops.
-       The last option to be processed which defines  a  list  is
-       the one that determines the list to be processed.
+       The tabs program processes a single list of tab stops.  The last option
+       to  be  processed  which  defines a list is the one that determines the
+       list to be processed.
 
 
 

Implicit Lists

-       Use  a  single number as an option, e.g., "-5" to set tabs
-       at the given interval (in this case  1,  6,  11,  16,  21,
-       etc.).   Tabs  are  repeated up to the right margin of the
-       screen.
+       Use a single number as an option, e.g., "-5" to set tabs at  the  given
+       interval  (in  this case 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.).  Tabs are repeated up
+       to the right margin of the screen.
 
        Use "-0" to clear all tabs.
 
@@ -102,17 +102,18 @@
 
 
 

Explicit Lists

-       An explicit list can be defined after  the  options  (this
-       does  not  use  a "-").  The values in the list must be in
-       increasing numeric order, and greater than zero.  They are
-       separated by a comma or a blank, for example,
+       An explicit list can be defined after the options (this does not use  a
+       "-").   The values in the list must be in increasing numeric order, and
+       greater than zero.  They are separated by a comma or a blank, for exam-
+       ple,
+
+         tabs 1,6,11,16,21
+         tabs 1 6 11 16 21
 
-              tabs 1,6,11,16,21
-              tabs 1 6 11 16 21
-       Use  a  '+'  to treat a number as an increment relative to
-       the previous value, e.g.,
+       Use  a  "+"  to treat a number as an increment relative to the previous
+       value, e.g.,
 
-              tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
+         tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
 
        which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example.
 
@@ -140,35 +141,34 @@
 
 
 

PORTABILITY

-       IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group  Base Specifications  Issue
-       7 (POSIX.1-2008) describes a tabs utility.  However
+       IEEE  Std  1003.1/The  Open  Group    Base   Specifications   Issue   7
+       (POSIX.1-2008) describes a tabs utility.  However
 
-       o   This  standard  describes a +m option, to set a termi-
-           nal's left-margin.  Very few of  the  entries  in  the
-           terminal database provide this capability.
+       o   This  standard describes a +m option, to set a terminal's left-mar-
+           gin.  Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this
+           capability.
 
-       o   There  is  no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for
-           this utility, unlike tput(3x).
+       o   There  is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
+           unlike tput(1).
 
-       The -d (debug) and -n (no-op) options are  extensions  not
-       provided by other implementations.
+       The -d (debug) and -n (no-op) options are extensions  not  provided  by
+       other implementations.
 
-       Documentation  for other implementations states that there
-       is a limit on the number of tab stops.  While some  termi-
-       nals may not accept an arbitrary number of tab stops, this
-       implementation will attempt to set tab  stops  up  to  the
-       right  margin  of the screen, if the given list happens to
-       be that long.
+       Documentation for other implementations states that there is a limit on
+       the number of tab stops.  While some terminals may not accept an  arbi-
+       trary  number of tab stops, this implementation will attempt to set tab
+       stops up to the right margin of the screen, if the given  list  happens
+       to be that long.
 
 
 

SEE ALSO

        tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20160521).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170506).
 
 
 
-                                                                tabs(1)
+                                                                       tabs(1)