That is "standard issue" HP-UX profile leftover :)  I believe it only
really works for real terminals, not terminal emulators which is what
most people use these days. We removed it and none of the users
complained. I did not find a linux equivalent, although in all honesty I
did not look very hard :)

 

Kevin

 

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugene Vilensky
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:59 AM
To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list
Subject: [rhelv5-list] "tabs" HPUX

 

Hi again everyone, 

 

A few of my users have this tabs program in their profile on HPUX (see
man excerpt below).

 

Is this something for which I need a RH equivalent, and is an equivalent
provided?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

tabs(1)
tabs(1)

 

 

 

 

 NAME

      tabs - set tabs on a terminal

 

 SYNOPSIS

      tabs [tabspec] [+m n] [-T type]

 

 DESCRIPTION

      tabs sets the tab stops on the user's terminal according to the
tab

      specification tabspec, after clearing any previous settings.  The

      user's terminal must have remotely-settable hardware tabs.

 

      If you are using a non-HP terminal, you should keep in mind that

      behavior will vary for some tab settings.

 

      Four types of tab specification are accepted for tabspec:
``canned'',

      repetitive, arbitrary, and file.  If no tabspec is given, the
default

      value is -8; i.e., UNIX ``standard'' tabs.  The lowest column
number

      is 1.  Note that for tabs, column 1 always refers to the left-most

      column on a terminal, even one whose column markers begin at 0.

 

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