Default tab width for Mac OS X Terminal.app is 8. I want to change it to 2. How can I do it?
I've found tabs command, but I can't figure out how to use it.
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Link above now at developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/… – Rob Cowell Jun 24 '14 at 12:47
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To set your tab with to 2 spaces, use this command in the Terminal App:
tabs -2
Replace 2 with your desired width in spaces.
View the full manual for tabs to learn about all options.
answered Feb 18 '10 at 12:33
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I can't get
tabscommand to work properly. If I tryecho $'12345678|\n\t|'on a new Terminal, I can see the default 8 tab width working correctly. But if I trytabs -4; echo $'1234|\n\t|'I get misaligned pipe symbols. Is this a bug in Terminal? – Tobia Aug 7 '14 at 13:18 -
Works as expected for me with correct alignment. What is your terminal windows size, what version of OSX are you on and what font (and font size) are you using ? – Rob Cowell Aug 8 '14 at 11:27
