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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tabs converted to spaces?
Summary: pr(1) can convert tabs to spaces.
Message-ID: <291@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 88 17:02:26 GMT
References: <3940001@hpgrla.HP.COM>
Organization: Statskonsult Programvaruhuset AB, Sweden
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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?

The pr(1) command under UNIX System V has an option -e (for 'expand')
that will replace tabs with the appropriate amount of spaces.