coreutils/doc/coreutils.texi

2687 Expand @var{tab}s to spaces on input.  Optional argument @var{in-tabchar} is
2688 the input tab character (default is the TAB character).  Second optional
2689 argument @var{in-tabwidth} is the input tab character's width (default
2714 Replace spaces with @var{tab}s on output.  Optional argument @var{out-tabchar}
2715 is the output tab character (default is the TAB character).  Second optional
2716 argument @var{out-tabwidth} is the output tab character's width (default
2910 @command{fold} counts screen columns by default; thus, a tab may count more
3834 assuming tab positions in every 8th column.
4552 By default a blank is a space or a tab, but the @env{LC_CTYPE} locale
4568 is a space or a tab, but the @env{LC_CTYPE} locale can change this.
4671 By default a blank is a space or a tab, but the @env{LC_CTYPE} locale
4892 By default a blank is a space or a tab, but the @env{LC_CTYPE} locale
5852 disabled, a word is by default anything which ends with a space, a tab
5880 white space character, like newline and tab, is merely changed to
5993 tab, is merely changed to exactly one space, with no special attempt to
6026 as possible.  The other non-graphical characters, like newline and tab,
6095 extensions are disabled, the break characters default to space, tab and
6761 To specify a tab (@sc{ascii} 0x09) character instead of whitespace,
6763 For older shells, use a literal tab.}
6808 @tab
6821 @headitem Command @tab Outcome
6829 @tab
6841 @tab
6852 @tab
6863 @tab
6875 @tab
6885 @tab
6896 @tab
6994 @headitem Command @tab outcome
6996 @tab Union of unsorted files
6999 @tab Intersection of unsorted files
7002 @tab Difference of unsorted files
7005 @tab Symmetric Difference of unsorted files
7008 @tab Union of sorted files
7011 @tab Intersection of sorted files
7014 @tab Difference of sorted files
7017 @tab Symmetric Difference of sorted files
7169 Vertical tab (VT, Control-K).
7472 output, with tab characters converted to the appropriate number of
7481 tab calculations.  The default action is equivalent to @option{-t 8} (set
7492 @cindex tab stops, setting
7493 If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs @var{tab1} spaces apart
7496 last tab stop given with single spaces.
7500 As a GNU extension the last @var{tab} specified can be prefixed
7501 with a @samp{/} to indicate a tab size to use for remaining positions.
7502 For example, @option{--tabs=2,4,/8} will set tab stops at position 2 and 4,
7505 Also the last @var{tab} specified can be prefixed with a @samp{+} to indicate
7506 a tab size to use for remaining positions, offset from the final explicitly
7507 specified tab stop.
7510 which will set tab stops at positions 1,9,17,@dots{}
7524 Only convert initial tabs (those that precede all non-space or non-tab
7540 as many tab characters as needed.  In the default POSIX
7541 locale, a @dfn{blank} is a space or a tab; other locales may specify
7551 count for tab calculations.  By default, tabs are set at every 8th
7562 If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs @var{tab1} columns apart
7565 beyond the tab stops given unchanged.
7571 @option{-@var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}}, where tab stops must be
7580 Also convert all sequences of two or more blanks just before a tab stop,
8442 Assume that each tab stop is @var{cols} columns wide.  The default is 8.
10916 tab-completion or other file resolution will find the same target as
13262 horizontal tab
13264 vertical tab
15405 @opindex tab@var{n}
15406 Horizontal tab delay style.  Non-POSIX.
15416 Vertical tab delay style.  Non-POSIX.
16549 a horizontal tab
17977 @tab
17984 @tab
17991 @tab
18006 @tab
18013 @tab
18020 @tab
18125 arguments based on unquoted spaces or tab characters.
18160 @tab Ignore the remaining characters in the string.
18164 @tab form-feed character (ASCII 0x0C)
18167 @tab new-line character (ASCII 0x0A)
18170 @tab carriage-return character (ASCII 0x0D)
18173 @tab tab character (ASCII 0x09)
18176 @tab vertical tab character (ASCII 0x0B)
18179 @tab A hash @samp{#} character. Used when a @samp{#} character
18184 @tab A dollar-sign character @samp{$}. Unescaped @samp{$} characters
18188 @tab Inside double-quotes, replaced with a single space character.
18193 @tab A double-quote character.
18196 @tab A single-quote character.
18200 @tab A backslash character.
18205 The following @command{awk} script will use tab character as input and output
19938 be left alone.  (The ASCII tab character should also be included for