indent

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Change the appearance of a C/C++ program by inserting or deleting whitespace.

Options (6)

--linux-styleboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the Linux style guide, automatically back up the original files, and replace with the indented versions

Example: indent {{[-linux|--linux-style]}} {{path/to/source1.c path/to/source2.c ...}}

--gnu-styleboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the GNU style, saving the indented version to a different file

Example: indent {{[-gnu|--gnu-style]}} {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/indented_source.c}}

--k-and-r-styleboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R), no tabs, 3 spaces per indent, and wrap lines at 120 characters

Example:

indent {{[-kr|--k-and-r-style]}} {{[-il|--indent-level]}}3 {{[-nut|--no-tabs]}} {{[-l|--line-length]}}120 {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/indented_source.c}}

--indent-levelboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R), no tabs, 3 spaces per indent, and wrap lines at 120 characters

Example:

indent {{[-kr|--k-and-r-style]}} {{[-il|--indent-level]}}3 {{[-nut|--no-tabs]}} {{[-l|--line-length]}}120 {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/indented_source.c}}

--no-tabsboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R), no tabs, 3 spaces per indent, and wrap lines at 120 characters

Example:

indent {{[-kr|--k-and-r-style]}} {{[-il|--indent-level]}}3 {{[-nut|--no-tabs]}} {{[-l|--line-length]}}120 {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/indented_source.c}}

-l, --line-lengthboolean

Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R), no tabs, 3 spaces per indent, and wrap lines at 120 characters

Example:

indent {{[-kr|--k-and-r-style]}} {{[-il|--indent-level]}}3 {{[-nut|--no-tabs]}} {{[-l|--line-length]}}120 {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/indented_source.c}}

Examples (3)

Format C/C++ source according to the Linux style guide, automatically back up the original files, and replace with the indented versions

indent [-linux|--linux-style] path/to/source1.c path/to/source2.c ...

Format C/C++ source according to the GNU style, saving the indented version to a different file

indent [-gnu|--gnu-style] path/to/source.c -o path/to/indented_source.c

Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R), no tabs, 3 spaces per indent, and wrap lines at 120 characters

indent [-kr|--k-and-r-style] [-il|--indent-level]3 [-nut|--no-tabs] [-l|--line-length]120 path/to/source.c -o path/to/indented_source.c

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