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From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross)
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Subject: Re: expand (tab to space)
Message-ID: <Jul.26.20.59.13.1990.20335@paul.rutgers.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 90 00:59:13 GMT
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ycy@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Joseph Yip)
> Does anyone know where to get a copy of expand that expands tabs to
> spaces?
>	expand -4 proj.c > projj.c
> expands all tabs into 4 spaces.

The man page for expand under SunOS claims it will expand to any tabstop
you want.

Alternatively, you can use sed:
	sed 's/^T/    /g'
where ^T is a tab and the "    " is 4 spaces.


Jonathan A. Chandross
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