Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!vsi1!rick
From: rick@vsi1.UUCP (Rick Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tabs converted to spaces?
Message-ID: <841@vsi1.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 88 05:04:49 GMT
References: <3940001@hpgrla.HP.COM>
Organization: VICOM Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
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From article <3940001@hpgrla.HP.COM>, by douglasg@hpgrla.HP.COM (@Douglas Genetten):
> Is there a filter which converts tabs to n-spaces throughout
> a file?
> 

Try the translate filter:


tr '\11' '\40' < input_file > output_file

this will map a tab to one space (a \11 is the tab character and the \40
is the space character)
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                  Rick Schneider       ...pyramid!vsi1!rick 
VICOM SYSTEMS, INC.; 2520 Junction Avenue, San Jose, Ca, 95134, (408) 432-8660

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