I have a lot of files that I am analysing. But it is hard to do it, becasue on some lines uses tab in stead of spaces, and some mix them and so on.


So I was thinking to make a script that went through all the lines in all the files, and replaces the tabs with spaces. What I am wondering about now, is that these files has been compiled using 4 diffrent OSes and many many different text editors. And they probably have different tab width. Will that make a difference at all in my script, or will I just have to check what the tab width is when I am opening the file on my machine and then replace the tabs with that many spaces.

This is really importent that it doesn't get messed up, so please don't answer if you are not totaly sure.


Thanks.
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