Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!killer!tness7!tness1!nuchat!sugar!ficc!jbush
From: jbush@ficc.UUCP (james bush)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tabs converted to spaces?
Summary: Try pr
Message-ID: <1130@ficc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 88 14:02:38 GMT
References: <3940001@hpgrla.HP.COM>
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
Lines: 12

In article <3940001@hpgrla.HP.COM>, douglasg@hpgrla.HP.COM (@Douglas Genetten) writes:
| Is there a filter which converts tabs to n-spaces throughout
| a file?
| 
| Thanks.

try pr with the -t and the -e options (See the manual for the exact format).
eg. pr -t -e converts tabs to spaces for 8 characters.
-- 
James Bush, Ferranti, Houston              The Bible - the "source code" of life
Internal address: jbush  extension 5230, mail stop A/3204, room A/3602
External address: ..!uunet!nuchat!sugar!ficc!jbush