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PXSPREAD(1)		     General Commands Manual		     PXSPREAD(1)

NAME
     pxspread - prepare xspread files

SYNOPSIS
     pxspread [ -fhkLPrSv ] [ -s cell ] [ -R n ] [ -C n ] [ -n n ] [ -d c ]

DESCRIPTION
     Pxspread  is  used to prepare data for input to the spread sheet calculator
     xspread(1).  It accepts normal ascii data on standard input.  Standard out-
     put is a xspread file.  With no options, pxspread starts the  spread  sheet
     in cell A0.  Strings are right justified.	All data on a line is entered on
     the  same	row; new input lines cause the output row number to increment by
     one.  The default delimiters are tab and space.  The column formats are set
     to one larger than the number of columns required to hold the largest value
     in the column.

     Options:

     -C n   Increment by n on each new output column.

     -d c   Use the single character c as the delimiter between input fields.

     -f     Omit column width calculations.  This option is for  preparing  data
	    to	be  merged  with  an existing spreadsheet.  If the option is not
	    specified, the  column  widths  calculated	for  the  data	read  by
	    pxspread  will  override  those  already set in the existing spread-
	    sheet.

     -h     Print a short usage/help.

     -k     Keep all delimiters.  This option causes the output cell  to  change
	    on each new delimiter encountered in the input stream.   The default
	    action  is	to  condense multiple delimters to one, so that the cell
	    only changes once per input data item.

     -L     Left justify strings.

     -n n   Output n rows before advancing to the next column.	This  option  is
	    used  when	the  input is arranged in a single column and the spread
	    sheet is to have multiple columns, each of which is to be length n.

     -P     Plain numbers only.  A field is a number only when there is no imbe-
	    ded [-+eE].

     -r     Output the data by row first then column.  For input consisting of a
	    single column, this option will result in output  of  one  row  with
	    multiple columns instead of a single column spread sheet.

     -R n   Increment by n on each new output row.

     -s cellStart the top left corner of the spread sheet in cell.  For example,
	    -s	B33 will arrange the output data so that the spread sheet starts
	    in column B, row 33.

     -S     All numbers are strings.

     -v     Print the version of pxspread

SEE ALSO
     xspread(1)

AUTHOR
     Robert Bond

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