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 tabs(1)                                                         tabs(1)
 
 
 
 
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-

NAME

+

NAME

        tabs - set tabs on a terminal
 
 
-
-

SYNOPSIS

-       tabs [-v[n]] [-ahuUV] file...
+

SYNOPSIS

+       tabs [options]] [tabstop-list]
 
 
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-

DESCRIPTION

+

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
@@ -66,9 +63,9 @@
               stty tab0
 
 
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-

OPTIONS

-   General Options
+

OPTIONS

+
+

General Options

        -Tname
             Tell tabs which terminal type to use.  If this option
             is not given, tabs will  use  the  $TERM  environment
@@ -85,35 +82,42 @@
             any  debugging option, but not to modify the terminal
             settings.
 
-       The tabs program processes a single  list  of  tab  stops.
-       The  last  option  to be processed which defines a list is
+       -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.
 
-   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
+
+

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 "-0" to clear all tabs.
 
        Use "-8" to set tabs to the standard interval.
 
-   Explicit Lists
-       An  explicit  list  can be defined after the options (this
-       does not use a "-").  The values in the list  must  be  in
+
+

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,
 
               tabs 1,6,11,16,21
               tabs 1 6 11 16 21
-       Use a '+' to treat a number as an  increment  relative  to
+       Use  a  '+'  to treat a number as an increment relative to
        the previous value, e.g.,
 
               tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
+
        which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example.
 
-   Predefined Tab-Stops
+
+

Predefined Tab-Stops

        X/Open defines several predefined lists of tab stops.
 
        -a   Assembler, IBM S/370, first format
@@ -135,37 +139,53 @@
        -u   UNIVAC 1100 Assembler
 
 
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-

PORTABILITY

-       X/Open  describes  a  +m option, to set a terminal's left-
-       margin.  Very few of the entries in the terminal  database
-       provide this capability.
+

PORTABILITY

+       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.
 
-       The  -d  (debug) and -n (no-op) options are extensions not
+       o   There  is  no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for
+           this utility, unlike tput(3x).
+
+       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-
+       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
+       implementation will attempt to set tab  stops  up  to  the
+       right  margin  of the screen, if the given list happens to
        be that long.
 
 
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-

SEE ALSO

+

SEE ALSO

        tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20130518).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20160820).
 
 
 
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