HT — Horizontal Tab

Byte	0x09
Mnemonic	HT
Otty support	✓

Description

Advances the cursor to the next tab stop. Default tab stops are every 8 columns. Tab stops are set with HTS (ESC H) and cleared with CSI g.

If the cursor is past the last tab stop on the line, HT moves it to the right margin without wrapping.

Example

printf 'col1\tcol2\tcol3\n'

Related

• HTS — set a tab stop at the current column.
• CSI g — clear tab stops (omitted from the index here; rarely used).