TABS(1) TABS(1) (NAME) tabs - (Terminal Tab Stops) (SYNOPSIS) tabs [] [-] (DESCRIPTION) tabs (tab stops) . clear_all_tabs set_tab terminfo . tabs . : stty tab0 clear(1) tabs . ( tabs ) cat . ( ) . Curses . . curses : tabs -8 reset . (OPTIONS) (General Options) -T name tabs . tabs $TERM . ansi+tabs . -d () ( ) . . . -n tabs . -V ncurses . tabs . . (Implicit Lists) "-5" ( ). . "-0" . "-8" ( ) . (Explicit Lists) ( "-" ). . : tabs 1,6,11,16,21 tabs 1 6 11 16 21 "+" : tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5 1,6,11,16,21 . (Predefined Tab-Stops) POSIX : -a IBM S/370 1,10,16,36,72 -a2 IBM S/370 1,10,16,40,72 -c (COBOL) 1,8,12,16,20,55 -c2 (COBOL) 1,6,10,14,49 -c3 (COBOL) 1,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42,46,50,54,58,62,67 -f (FORTRAN) 1,7,11,15,19,23 -p PL/I 1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61 -s SNOBOL 1,10,55 -u UNIVAC 1100 1,12,20,44 (Margins) . tabs : +m margin : o tabs . o tabs . . margin . +m0 ( ) . tabs . tabs . (PORTABILITY) IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 ( POSIX.1-2008) tabs . : o +m . smgl (set_left_margin) smglp (set_left_margin_parm) . o tput(1) X/Open Curses Issue 7 . -d () -n ( / no-op) . tabs PWB/Unix 1.0 ( ) . tabs 3BSD ( ) . "-n" ( ). POSIX . tabs PWB/Unix System III ( ) (hardcopy) . . SVr4 . tset ( ) tput . +m Base Specifications Issue 5 ( Unix98 ) Issue 6 ( Unix03 ) "and optionally adjusts the margin" . tabs Issue 6 . +m SVr4 . POSIX . ( tabs PWB/Unix). . Rationale POSIX tabs tput . : tabs . (Explicit Lists) PWB/Unix . . (SEE ALSO) infocmp(1), tset(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5). ncurses 6.4 (patch 20221231) . ncurses TABS(1)