Use the expand command of linux to convert to white space characters

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The expand command converts the tabs (TAB) of the file to white space characters (space) and displays the results to the standard output device.

Syntax format: expand [parameters]

Commonly used parameters: coach

-t refers to the number of white space characters represented by the custom table character, instead of using the default 8. -I do not convert tabs after non-blank characters-- help displays help information-- version displays version information

Reference example

Replace the first Tab character on each line in the file with 6 space characters, and tabs after non-white space characters are not converted:

[root@linuxcool ~] # expand-I-t 6 file and above are all the contents that are converted to white space characters using linux's expand command. Thank you for reading! I believe we all have a certain understanding, hope to share the content to help you, if you want to learn more knowledge, welcome to follow the industry information channel!