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From: jon@jonlab.UUCP (Jon H. LaBadie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tabs converted to spaces?
Summary: What is expand/unexpand?
	 Is newform out of date?
Keywords: sed, expand
Message-ID: <453@jonlab.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 88 13:44:32 GMT
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I'm unfamiliar with expand/unexpand.  BSD, comp.unix.sources?

What I have used, at least on System V boxes,
is the "newform" command, for example:

	newform -i6,20,35 file_name

for columns at 0, 6, 20, and 35.  Tabs in the file, spaces
on standard out.

Is this inappropriate or somehow showing my age?

-- 
Jon LaBadie
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