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NAME
       detab - convert tabs to spaces

SYNOPSIS
       detab [<t1>...] [+<n>] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       Detab converts tab characters (control-i) to equivalent strings
       of  blanks.  Tab  stops  are  indicated  by <t1>... (default 8,
       16, ...), while +<n> indicates tab  stops  every  <n>  columns.
       Thus the command
       
          detab 5 21 +5
       
       supplies blanks for tabs terminating at column positions 5, 21,
       26, etc. If no files are specified, the standard input is read.
       An isolated minus sign also indicates the standard input.

SEE ALSO
       entab; lpr

AUTHORS

       Original  from  Kernighan  &  Plauger's  'Software Tools', with
       modifications by Dennis Hall and Debbie Scherrer.

BUGS
       None to date.



























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