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Detab Documentation -- Version 2.0
Detab expands all the tabs in an ascii file to spaces
and oh boy is it fast!!
Detab can run in two modes, command line and prompt. If
you leave the command line blank, you will be prompted for
the input and output filenames (they can be the same). The
command line mode format is:
DETAB [ Input.fil [ Output.fil ] ]
Where Output.fil can be left off to put output into the
input.fil. If Input.fil is left off you will be prompted for
the filenames.
Detab also accepts wild cards, for example DETAB *.PAS
will expand all the tabs in all the .Pas files in the current
directory.
Detab can also be run with redirection. For example:
DETAB <Input.fil
would set the detabbed file onto the screen. If Detab
determines that the input is being redirected the output will
be directed to the screen regardless of any other command
line parameters.
Some editors and other utilities do not use the Dos
standard of eight spaces per tab. In order to get around
this limitation Detab has a command line switch (/nn). This
switch tells Detab how many spaces to use per tab. If the
switch is not specified the default is eight spaces per tab.
For example if a different editor put four spaces per tab and
you wanted to use Mister ED (which you now realize if far
superior), the following command will move you up in the
world:
DETAB Lesser.fil Better.fil /4