ITABS v1.30 - implode spaces to tabs
Revised 2-Jan-99. Copyright (c) 1996-99 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

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itabs [log logfile] [options] [infile] [to outfile]


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itabs copies infile to outfile, replacing every sequence of spaces leading up to a tab position by a tab character.

outfile will look the same as infile, provided the tab size used by itabs is the same as that 'assumed' in infile.

The default tab size is 3, giving tab positions 4, 7, 10 ...

itabs writes a one-line report to standard error (or logfile, if used) when done, e.g.:

        itabs: 15 tabs inserted

If you don't specify infile, itabs reads from standard input.
If you don't specify outfile, itabs writes to standard output.
If you don't specify logfile, itabs writes error messages to standard error.


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itabs recognizes the following command line options:


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itabs returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):


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These are the released versions:

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