Re^2: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?

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Re^3: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ? by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 19, 2012 at 13:55 UTC
Weird - at least this version of expand works for me, and the source code suggests that it should work just as it does: `Q:\>copy con test.txt blah a blah ^Z 1 file(s) copied. Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt blah a blah Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt\|perl -ple "s!\t!x!g" blah a blah Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt\|perl -ple "s! !_!g" blah____a_______blah Q:\>type test.txt\|perl -ple "s! !_!g" blah a blah` [download] If `expand` is not working for you, maybe the code I linked to does work for you and you can reuse that?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?
by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 19, 2012 at 13:55 UTC

Weird - at least this version of expand works for me, and the source code suggests that it should work just as it does:

Q:\>copy con test.txt
blah    a       blah
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt
blah    a       blah

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt|perl -ple "s!\t!x!g"
blah    a       blah

Q:\>perl -w expand.pl test.txt|perl -ple "s! !_!g"
blah____a_______blah

Q:\>type test.txt|perl -ple "s! !_!g"
blah    a       blah
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If expand is not working for you, maybe the code I linked to does work for you and you can reuse that?

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