Forgotten BASH built-in

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jeanpaul
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Forgotten BASH built-in

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A frequently forgotten Bash built-in is <tabs>, allowing you to set the tab width when using the \t for tabbing.
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Re: Forgotten BASH built-in

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A lot of linux distros e.g. Ubuntu don't include that in bash, but macOS does so I guess I should include it there.
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Re: Forgotten BASH built-in

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It is, however, included in the latest Bash version in Debian 12
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OK done
https://ss64.com/bash/tabs.html
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