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Forgotten BASH built-in

Posted: 2023-Oct-25, 9:29 am
by jeanpaul
A frequently forgotten Bash built-in is <tabs>, allowing you to set the tab width when using the \t for tabbing.

Re: Forgotten BASH built-in

Posted: 2023-Oct-27, 5:27 pm
by Simon Sheppard
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.

Re: Forgotten BASH built-in

Posted: 2023-Oct-28, 12:28 pm
by jeanpaul
It is, however, included in the latest Bash version in Debian 12

Re: Forgotten BASH built-in

Posted: 2023-Oct-30, 7:33 pm
by Simon Sheppard