Re-indent shell script

Question

I have a large shell script that uses a mixture of spaces and tabs. I want to re-indent the whole file based on syntax, like Eclipse's Format. Is there a program (beautify ?) that will do this ?

I'm having a hard time figuring out the logic with everything jammed together e.g.

   if [ "$CANCELLATION" ]
   then
   while test $num -gt 0
    do
    if [ "$cjb" -gt 0 ]

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Learned how to call functions in Vim but that didn't work.

Emacs - lost all the newlines

Answer 1

Emacs can do that:

• load the file into Emacs
• press Ctrl-space at the top of the file
• move the cursor to the bottom of the file
• press Alt-x and type untabify then return
• press Alt-x and type indent-region then return

This will get rid of tabs and indent everything properly.

If you need to do this more often and do not use Emacs as your editor, you might want to pack it all into a script:

#!/usr/bin/emacs --script

(setq require-final-newline 'visit)

(defun indent-files (files)
  (cond (files
         (find-file (car files))
         (untabify (point-min) (point-max))
         (indent-region (point-min) (point-max))
         (save-buffer)
         (kill-buffer)
         (indent-files (cdr files)))))

(indent-files command-line-args-left)

;; EOF ;;

Answer 2

If you use Vim there is Super Shell Indent : Improved indentation for shell scripts.