
\S field \S

A field is a location on a command line, or on a line in a file.  A
field can contain any characters, and can be any size. Fields are
delimited by "white space"\S*\S, colons, or any other character that
is designated as a "separator"\S*\S.  For example, the three numbers
below are in three fields, and each field is separated from the next
by white space:

	370.2   8.1   9.675

The first field is five characters long and it contains the number
370.2.  The second field is three characters long and it contains
the  number 8.1.  The third field is five characters long and
contains the number 9.675.

\S*\S defined in the \Sglossary\S
