Hello,

I am trying to use tr to delete tabs in a file.
I've tried tr -d \t filename to no avail. Any suggestions as to how this
can be done.

Thanks

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:25:03 -0500, David Groff wrote:
> Hello,

> I am trying to use tr to delete tabs in a file.
> I've tried tr -d \t filename to no avail. Any suggestions as to how this
> can be done.

If you just want to delete the tabs, try:

tr -d '\011' <filename >newfile

but if you would rather convert the tabs to spaces, then try:

expand filename >newfile


--
Dave Seaman
U.S. Court of Appeals to review three issues
concerning case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
<http://www.mumia2000.org/>

Dave Seaman wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:25:03 -0500, David Groff wrote:
>> Hello,
>
>> I am trying to use tr to delete tabs in a file.
>> I've tried tr -d \t filename to no avail. Any suggestions as to how this
>> can be done.
>
> If you just want to delete the tabs, try:
>
> tr -d '\011' <filename >newfile
>
> but if you would rather convert the tabs to spaces, then try:
>
> expand filename >newfile
>
>
Thanks for your help