indent

Format C source

Syntax:

indent [input-file [output-file]] [options...]

Runs on:

QNX Neutrino

Options:

The first option of a pair is described; the second option disables the first. The second option (disabled) is default.

-bad, -nbad

Force a blank line after each block of declarations.

-bap, -nbap

Force a blank line after procedure bodies.

-bbb, -nbbb

Force a blank line before every block comment.

-nbc, -bc

Don't force a newline after each comma in a declaration.

-bl, -br

Move the first brace ({) of a compound statement to the next line.

-cn

Specify the column in which comments on code start.

-cdn

Specify the column in which comments on declarations start.

-ncdb, -cdb

Don't place comment delimiters alone on blank lines.

-nce, -ce

Don't place else statements adjacent to the preceding closing brace (}).

-cin

Set the line overflow indentation to be n.

-clin

Indent case labels n tab stops past the switch.

-d1

Indent code comments by themselves one tab stop.

-din

Specify the column indentation of variable declarations.

-ndj, -dj

Left-justify declarations.

-ei, -nei

Indent an if following an else the same as the preceding if.

-nfc1, -fc1

Don't format comments that start in column 1.

-in

Specify the number of spaces for one indentation level. The default is 4.

-nip, -ip

Disable the indentation of parameter declarations.

-ln

Specify the maximum length of an output line. The default is 75.

-nlp, -lp

Don't line up parameters that overflowed onto the next line.

-npro

Ignore the profile files ./.indent.pro and ~/.indent.pro.

-pcs, -npcs

Place a space between procedure names and the following parenthesis (().

-npsl, -psl

Don't place column 1 procedure types on the previous line.

-nsc, -sc

Disable the placement of asterisks (*) at the left edge of comments.

-sob, -nsob

Remove optional blank lines.

-st

Take input from stdin, and send output to stdout.

-Ttypename

Add typename to the list of type keywords.

-troff

Format for processing by troff. If you use this option, the output is sent to stdout by default.

-v, -nv

Be verbose; provide statistics and line-splitting information.

Description:

The indent utility formats C source code.

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If you specify only input-file, it's modified.

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Files:

./.indent.pro, ~/.indent.pro

Profile files.

See also:

unifdef