entab: Replace blanks with tabs and blanks

Package: utilities

Usage

entab files

Parameters

files

Template specifying the files to be processed, e.g. "file" or "file*".

tablist = "9 +8"

String containing a list of tabstops separated by blanks or commas. A two element string of the form "m +n" will set tabstops in every n columns beginning in column m. A null string defaults to "9 +8".

Example

Convert the file "prog.c", written using full tabstop indents, to an equivalent file with an initial indent of one full tabstop, with 4 space indents thereafter.

cl> detab prog.c tab='9 +4' | entab > temp
cl> delete prog.c
cl> rename temp prog.c