tabs converted to spaces?

[james bush]

In article <3940001 at hpgrla.HP.COM>, douglasg at hpgrla.HP.COM (@Douglas Genetten) writes:
| Is there a filter which converts tabs to n-spaces throughout
| a file?
| 
| Thanks.

try pr with the -t and the -e options (See the manual for the exact format).
eg. pr -t -e converts tabs to spaces for 8 characters.
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