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- NAME
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- detab - convert tabs to spaces
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- SYNOPSIS
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- detab [<t1>...] [+<n>] [file...]
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Detab converts tab characters (control-i) to equivalent strings
- of blanks.
- Tab stops are indicated by <t1>...
- (default 8, 16, ...),
- while +<n> indicates tab stops
- every <n> columns.
- Thus the command
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- detab 5 21 +5
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- supplies blanks for tabs terminating at column positions 5, 21, 26, etc.
- If no files are specified, the standard input is read.
- An isolated minus sign also indicates the standard input.
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHORS
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- Original from Kernighan & Plauger's 'Software Tools', with modifications
- by Dennis Hall and Debbie Scherrer (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)