Command Line Filters

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COMMAND LINE FILTERS

MicroEmacs may be invoked from the command line to perform a specific set of filtering tasks, under control of a dedicated start up macro, see me(1) and start-up(3). A number of standard macros are provided, most of which are invoked automatically from the editor itself when requested by the user. Having said that, it has not been unknown for a colleague of mine to use the editor as a replacement for a more intelligent sed(1) filter, with 12 hours to go and a huge ugly 3-D geometric database to convert, what better way than run it through a set of MicroEmacs macros to turn it into another database format that can be handled - probably not for the uninitiated, but that person did pull it off and went home for tea !!

Macro Command Line Filters

2dos(3f) Convert text files to DOS format files.
2mac(3f) Convert text files to Macintosh format files
2unix(3f) Convert text files to UNIX format files
2win(3f) Convert text files to Windows format files.
benchmrk(3f) Benchmark MicroEmacs macro processor speed
ctags(3f) Generate a C tags file
dos2unix(3f) Convert DOS format files to UNIX format files
ehftools(3f) Generate a MicroEmacs help file
emftags(3f) Generate a MicroEmacs macro tags file
filetype(3f) Determine file type UNIX, DOS or Windows
gdiff(3f) Command line graphical file difference
javatags(3f) Generate a C tags file from Java sources
jstags(3f) Generate a Javascript tags file
luatags(3f) Generate a Lua tags file
ntags(3f) Generate a nroff tags file
perltags(3f) Generate a Perl tags file
phptags(3f) Generate a PHP tags file
printall(3f) Formatted print job
tcltags(3f) Generate a Tcl/Tk tags file
textags(3f) Generate a LaTeX/BibTeX tags file
unix2dos(3f) Convert UNIX format files to DOS format files.
unix2win(3f) Convert UNIX format files to Windows format files.
vbtags(3f) Generate a Visual Basic tags file

Macro Functions

shut-down(3) Editor exit callback command
start-up(3) Editor startup callback command

Macro Variables

Ref: Command Line Filters File: me.0 Date: 2026/03/05