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expand -- Expand tabs (EXTERNAL) [v1.1]
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Written by Jeff Ding
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syntax: expand <pathname> [-c<ascii number>] [-t<number>]
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[-s"<tabstop 1,tabstop 2,tabstop 3,....,tabstop 16>"]
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ex: expand file.w.tabs
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expand merlin.s -c160 -s"14,20,35"
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> file.no.tabs ; expand file
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'Expand' expands up to 16 definable tab stops per line in the given
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pathname. Line lengths of up to 255 characters are supported. Longer
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lines are split into multiple lines. Use output redirection on the
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command line to save output in a file (last example). The second
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example works great for viewing Merlin source files.
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Options are as follows:
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-c: character for tab. Enter the ascii value of the character
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to use for the tab expansion. The default character is value 9
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for ctrl-I. The tab character is hi-bit sensitive.
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-t: tab spaces. This is the number of spaces between two consecutive
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tab stops, normally 8. Can be any number from 1 to 255.
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-s: tab stops. Up to 16 tab stops can be defined manually. Each stop
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must be greater than the previous with no value exceeding 255.
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If less than 16 stops are defined, the remaining stops are
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constructed from the defined tab spaces.
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