This Python script reads a file line by line and replaces the appropriate amount of tabs into their place.
- Make sure you have Python 3 installed on your system.
- Place the script in the same directory as the file you want to convert.
- Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the script directory.
- Run the script by typing
python tab-fix.py inputfile.py outputfile.py
where the inputfile and outputfile are the proper input and output files.
- The script assumes that each tab indent is equivalent to 4 spaces. If your code uses a different number of spaces per tab, you will need to adjust the script accordingly.
- The script will replace spaces with tabs only at the beginning of each line. If you have spaces in the middle of a line that you want to replace with tabs, you will need to do so manually.