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<H1 class="no-header">tabs 1</H1>
<PRE>
-<STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG> General Commands Manual <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
absent, <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> is unable to clear/set tab-stops. The terminal should be
configured to use hard tabs, e.g.,
- stty tab0
+ stty tab0
Like <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> writes to the standard output. You can redirect
the standard output to a file (which prevents <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> from actually chang-
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.,
- tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
+ tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
+ <EM>IEEE</EM> <EM>Std</EM> <EM>1003.1/The</EM> <EM>Open</EM> <EM>Group</EM> <EM>Base</EM> <EM>Specifications</EM> <EM>Issue</EM> <EM>7</EM>
(POSIX.1-2008) describes a <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> utility. However
<STRONG>o</STRONG> This standard describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a terminal's left-mar-
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="tset.1.html">tset(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20171028).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20180519).