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Old 06-24-2013
Thanks Yoda, I am new to UNIX and did not know about the CODE TAGS. I will make sure to use them on my next questions... However, the code worked, but can you please explain the code... How do I select other columns other than a given range... Lets say, I need to select columns which are not consecutive... I appreciate your help...
 

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TAGS(3erl)						     ERLANG MODULE DEFINITION							TAGS(3erl)

MODULE
tags - Generate Emacs TAGS file from Erlang source files. DESCRIPTION
A TAGS file is used by Emacs to find function and variable definitions in any source file in a big project. This module can generate a TAGS file from Erlang source files. It recognises functions, records, and defines. EXPORTS
root([Options]) Create a TAGS file covering all files in the Erlang distribution. file(File [, Options]) Create a TAGS file for the file `File'. files(FileList [, Options]) Create a TAGS file for the files in the list `FileList'. dir(Dir [, Options]) Create a TAGS file for all files in directory `Dir'. dirs(DirList [, Options]) Create a TAGS file for all files in any directory in `DirList'. subdir(Dir [, Options]) Descend recursively down the directory `Dir' and create a TAGS file based on all files found. subdirs(DirList [, Options]) Descend recursively down all the directories in `DirList' and create a TAGS file based on all files found. OPTIONS
The functions above have an optional argument, Options. It is a list which can contain the following elements: {outfile, NameOfTAGSFile} Create a TAGS file named `NameOfTAGSFile'. {outdir, NameOfDirectory} Create a file named TAGS in the directory `NameOfDirectory'. The default behaviour is to create a file named "TAGS" in the current directory. SEE ALSO
GNU Emacs Manual, chapter "Editing Programs", section "Tag Tables". Erlang mode V2.0 for Emacs. AUTHOR
Anders Lindgren Ericsson Software Technology 1996-05-30 TAGS(3erl)
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