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.TH TAB P "Manual V1.0 for Program Vx.x" "Julian Stacey" "Julian Stacey, Vector Systems Ltd"
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.SH NAME
tab \- Convert spaces in a file to tabs, or tabs to spaces.

.SH SYNTAX
.B tab -e/d files

.SH DESCRIPTION

.I Tab
Flags available include :-

.TP
.B \-e
entab files (convert spaces to tabs where appropriate).
.TP
.B \-d
detab files, expand all tabs back to appropriate length space sequences

.SH RESTRICTIONS
.I Tab
does not support pipes yet.
.I Tab
does not recognise embedded epson or ibm printer escape sequences
thus entabing or detabing files containing them can produce bad column alignement.

.SH EXAMPLES

tab -e fred.lst jim.lst

tab -d table

.SH EXIT CODE

0 if no error has occurred.

.SH HOST OP SYSTEM
This utility runs on both Msdos 3.2 & Unix.

.SH COPYRIGHT
Document Copyright Julian H. Stacey, Munich, September 1989,
.so author.jhs
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