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Rev

Since it didn't work with Ruby either, I'm not sure why I would conclude that OS X's sed is the problem. Do you have a reason to believe that's the problem? I'd be happy to install GNU sed if I had reason to believe it would solve the problem, but it seems like I've pretty much ruled that out.

iconoclast
– iconoclast

2014-07-18 15:36:49 +00:00
Commented Jul 18, 2014 at 15:36
With Ruby, you'll have to use only one backslash: ruby -pe '$_.gsub!(/\t/," ")' < file.txt

vinc17
– vinc17

2014-07-18 15:45:11 +00:00
Commented Jul 18, 2014 at 15:45

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