Tab Specification

GNU tabs accepts the following types of tab specification:

n1[,n2,...]

Set tab stops at columns n1, n2, ... The leftmost column is the column 1. n2 and the rest of the list can be of the form `+num', in which case it specifies the increment from the tab stop last specified by the list.

-n

Set tab stops at every n columns. For most of the terminals, the standard tab stop setting is the equivalent of `-8'.

-code

--code=code

-C code

Set tab stops using one of the "canned" specification. The second and the third formats are useful if the name of the canned specification conflicts with one of the long options supportred by GNU tabs.

--filename

--file=filename

--F filename

Read the first line of filename, find parameters separated by blanks enclosed by <: and :> on that line, find a parameter that begins with t, and then use it as tab specification. If any of the above steps fails, set tab stops to every 8 columns. The second and the third formats are useful if the name of the file conflicts with one of the long options supportred by GNU tabs.

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