I'm unfamiliar with expand/unexpand. BSD, comp.unix.sources?
What I have used, at least on System V boxes,
is the "newform" command, for example:
newform -i6,20,35 file_name
for columns at 0, 6, 20, and 35. Tabs in the file, spaces
on standard out.
Is this inappropriate or somehow showing my age?
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Jon LaBadie
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