Commands That Are Not Specific to UNIX

TF Command

Flows text to a blank line or to the end of the text.

Category:

Text editing, line command

Syntax
Without Arguments
Arguments
Details
Comparisons
Examples
See Also

Syntax

TF <A> <n>

Without Arguments

The TF command flows text to the first blank line, or to the end of the text, whichever comes first, based on left and right boundary settings.

Arguments

A: flows text in a paragraph to the end of the text by removing trailing blanks, continuing over, but not deleting, blank lines. This argument, like the numeric argument, must be specified on the same line as the TF command. You cannot have any characters between the TF command and the A argument.
n: specifies a right boundary to temporarily override the right boundary set by the BOUNDS command. Follow the n argument with a space.

Details

The TF command removes trailing blanks and flows text in one of the following ways:

to the end of the text in a paragraph, as signified by a blank line
to the end of the text

You can use the TF command to move text into blank space at the ends of lines. You should do this after you delete words and move words to new lines. The TF command never divides a word. The TF command is affected by the INDENT command. If the INDENT command is ON, or an equivalent has been used, the left boundary remains intact when text is flowed.

Comparisons

The TF command is similar to the TC command, which connects two lines of text. The TF command is different from the TS command, which splits text. While the TF command flows text in a window, the AUTOFLOW command determines whether inserted text is flowed in a window. Text flowed as a result of setting AUTOFLOW to ON does not stop at paragraph boundaries. It stops at the end of the new text.

Examples

The following example shows the results of flowing text that has extra spaces. This example shows the text after you type the TF command on line 00001, and before you press ENTER or RETURN:

tf001  The TF command
00002          flows a paragraph
00003  by removing
00004  blanks.

When you press ENTER or RETURN, the following result is displayed:

00001  The TF command flows a paragraph by removing blanks.