MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

tabs(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities tabs(1)
num1[,num2,...]
sets tab stops to the given numbers. The numbers in the list should be positive deci-
mal integers in strictly increasing order. Except for the first number, any number in
the list may be preceded by a plus sign (+), in which case the number is considered to
be an increment on the previous setting rather than a column position. For example,
tabs 4,8,12
tabs 4,+4,+4
are equivalent.
tabspec can be one of –a, –a2, –c, –c2, –c3, –f, –p, –s or –u and sets tab stops at the po-
sitions indicated below:
–a 1,10,16,36,72
–a2 1,10,16,40,72
–c 1,8,12,16,20,55
–c2 1,6,10,14,49
–c3 1,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42,46,50,54,58,62,67
–f 1,7,11,15,19,23
–p 1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61
–s 1,10,55
–u 1,12,20,44
Each tabspec is designed for a particular programming language. Assembler uses
–a,–a2, and –u.
COBOL uses –c, –c2, and –c3. FORTRAN
, PL/I, and SNOBOL
use –f, –p,
and –s respectively.
-number
sets tab stops every number positions along the line. number must be a single-digit
decimal number. If number is zero (–0), tabs clears all the tab stops and does not
set new ones.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
tabs uses the following environment variables:
TERM
contains the name of your terminal.
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