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spaces or Tabs?

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)
# overwrite the tmp1 var with any user changes
cp ${tmp1}.tmp ${tmp1}

MAIN_2

sleep 3
;;

Do I use tabs to indent or spaces? What is good practice?
thanks!

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When formatting a script let's say for instance the following:

Code:

 case ${choice} in
                  1)
                     vi ${tmp1}.tmp

                     # overwrite the tmp1 var with any user changes
                     cp ${tmp1}.tmp ${tmp1}
                     ;;
                  2)
                     # overwrite the tmp1 var with any user changes
                     cp ${tmp1}.tmp ${tmp1}

                     MAIN_2

                     sleep 3
                     ;;

Do I use tabs to indent or spaces? What is good practice?
thanks!

In this forum. good practice includes putting code inside [code] tags.

In your own code, use whichever works best for you. If you are sharing your code, use spaces, since tab settings are not the same for everyone.

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a four space indent is what i follow (unless situation demands something else)

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