NAME

       psc - prepare sc files

SYNOPSIS

       psc [-fLkrSPv] [-s cell] [-R n] [-C n] [-n n] [-d c]

DESCRIPTION

       Psc  is used to prepare data for input to the spreadsheet calculator sc(1).  It accepts normal ascii data
       on standard input.  Standard output is a sc file.  With no options, psc starts the  spreadsheet  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

       -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
              psc will override those already set in the existing spreadsheet.

       -L     Left justify strings.

       -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 delimiters to one,
              so that the cell only changes once per input data item.

       -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 spreadsheet.

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

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

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

       -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 spreadsheet is to have multiple columns, each of which is to be length
              n.

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

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

       -S     All numbers are strings.

       -v     Print the version of psc

SEE ALSO

       sc(1)

AUTHOR

       Robert Bond

PSC 7.16                                        19 September 2002                                         PSC(1)