I'm having trouble getting my vimrc to work the way I want it. For some reason after I hit enter it is creating tabs instead of spaces like I would expect. Here is an example of what I am talking about. $ = newline, ^I = tab. On the line of struct EDGETAG* q; I hit enter and it created a tab instead of my spaces. I thought set tabstop=4 and set shiftwidth=4 does what I want.
Hi!
I'm using SunOS 5.7 w/ Bash 2.01.
Currently, I'm working on a script that will make it possible to find textfiles which match certain criteria. While I write this message, I had some brainfarts, found the answer myself :D and the question I had in mind is now no longer the question I... (3 Replies)
hi,
I have some 50 C files in which for indentation of code some devlopers used tabs, but we dont want any tab used for indentation.
I have following 2 need.
1) find tabs from all 50 files (which are in one directory )
2) replace them with 4 spaces.
Thanks
Rishi (6 Replies)
When formatting a script let's say for instance the following:
case ${choice} in
1)
vi ${tmp1}.tmp
# overwrite the tmp1 var with any user changes
cp ${tmp1}.tmp ${tmp1}
;;
... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am facing issues converting white spaces and tabs together in a file I am reading. Here is the command I am trying:
tr -s ' '@ | sort -t@ +1n filename
I guess the problem is that it is not converting the tabs to another delimiter. Also, I am supposed to accomplish this only using... (5 Replies)
I want my program to replace tabs with spaces.1tab=4spaces.When i write aa(tab)aaa(tab)(tab)a(tab) it must show me aaxxaaaxxxxxaxxx. I think that my program works corectly but when a write aaa(tab)a it must show aaaxa but it is aaaxxxxxa.Please for help!!! That is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
... (3 Replies)
hi buddies;
i have a file.txt:
Note: All the seperators are SPACE.
192.168.1.1
ParameterObject=1 Speech 1
ParameterObject=2 Speech 1
192.168.1.1
ParamFunction=1 UserID 1 (DEACTIVATED)
Sector=1,Device=2,Unit=3 DeviceId 1
192.168.1.1
FeederCable=2B ... (18 Replies)
Hi,
I'm looking for a command that replaces spaces/tabs with pipe symbol and store the result to the same file instead of routing it to another file.
infile
outfile
Thanks. (11 Replies)
I want to remove extra spaces from variable in aix script.
We retrieve the data from oracle database and then print the values. We have a value on 90th position.
When we execute the query on sqlplus it shows the length of 90th position as 3, but when we use the same query in aix script it shows... (5 Replies)
I am trying to write a bash script that will create a .bashrc and .vimrc. I was wondering if anyone would know how to do approach this. Would this work if there was no .bashrc file minus the "stuff"
echo "stuff" >> .bashrc (5 Replies)
str contains tabs and multiple spaces
str="hello world. How are you?"
I want to check string start with hello world,
and my code is:
if ]world"* ]]; then
echo "found"
else
echo "not found"
fi
Not work
Other solution may work is to replace all tabs and... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmdcmd
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expand
expand(1) General Commands Manual expand(1)NAME
expand, unexpand - Replaces tab characters with spaces or spaces with tab characters
SYNOPSIS
Current syntax
expand [-t tablist] [file...]
unexpand [-a | -t tablist] [file...]
Obsolescent syntax
expand [-tabstop | -tab1,tab2,...,tabn] [file...]
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
expand: XCU5.0
unexpand: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
Replaces spaces at the beginning of each line with a tab, and inserts tab characters wherever their presence compresses the resultant file
by replacing two or more characters. When the -t option is specified with the unexpand command, the -a option has no effect. (This option
applies to the unexpand command only.) Specifies the tab stops. The tablist argument consists of a single positive decimal integer or
multiple positive decimal integers, separated by spaces or commas, in ascending order. If a single number is specified, tabs are set tab-
list column positions apart instead of the default (8). If multiple numbers are specified, tabs are set at those specific column posi-
tions. Tabbing to tab stop position n thus causes the next character output to be in the (n+1)th column position on that line.
If expand has to process a tab character at a position beyond the last of those specified in a multiple tab stop list, the tab char-
acter is replaced by a single space in the output. Sets tab stops tabstop spaces apart instead of the default (8). (Obsolescent)
Sets tab stops at specified columns. (Obsolescent)
[Tru64 UNIX] Columns are measured in bytes.
OPERANDS
The path name of a file to be processed. If you do not specify this operand, standard input is read.
DESCRIPTION
The expand command changes tab characters to spaces in the named files, or the standard input, and writes the result to the standard out-
put.
The unexpand command puts tab characters into the data from the standard input, or the named files, and writes the result to the standard
output.
Backspace characters are preserved in the output and decrement the column count for tab calculations. The column position count cannot be
decremented below one. The expand command is useful for preprocessing character files (before sorting, looking at specific columns, and so
on.) that contain tab characters.
By default, unexpand converts only spaces that are within sequences of spaces and tab characters at the beginnings of lines. Use -a to
convert other sequences of spaces.
NOTES
If the expand command encounters difficulties opening any specified file, it writes an error message to standard error and terminates imme-
diately with an error status.
If the unexpand command encounters difficulties opening any specified file, it writes an error message to standard error and continues
operation. The exit status will reflect the error.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned by either command: Successful completion. An error occurred.
EXAMPLES
To replace tab characters in file with spaces, enter: expand file To replace the spaces in file with tab characters, enter: unexpand -a
file
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of expand and unexpand: Provides a default value for the internationalization
variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the inter-
nationalization variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-
empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of
sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments). Determines the
locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. Determines the location of message catalogues for the
processing of LC_MESSAGES.
SEE ALSO
Commands: fold(1), tabs(1)
Standards: standards(5)expand(1)