.\" Copyright (C) 1999 by Martin Buck <mbuck@debian.org>
.\" Licensed under the GNU General Public License

.TH shift_lines 1 "Version 3.2p1" XView

.SH NAME
shift_lines \- add or remove indentation to/from lines

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B capitalize
.RI [ "-t num" ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIshift_lines\fP is a filter that adds or removes indentation on the left side
of the lines sent through it. It reads text from stdin and writes the result
to stdout. When adding indentation, it will insert space characters; when
removing, it removes any characters, not just space.
.PP
Please note that \fIshift_lines\fP is intended mainly to be run from XView's
text menu. It is used in the default \fBtext_extras_menu\fP.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB-t num\fP"
Specify number of characters to be added/removed on the left side of the lines.
Default is 1, negative numbers will remove the given amount of indentation.

.SH AUTHOR
Martin Buck <mbuck@debian.org> for Debian GNU/Linux

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xview (7),
.BR capitalize (1),
.BR insert_brackets (1),
.BR remove_brackets (1)