Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.BufferedWriter; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.FileWriter; class TabFilter { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { FileReader fr = new FileReader(args[0]); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(args[1]); BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw); // Convert tab to space characters String s; while ((s = br.readLine()) != null) { for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if (c == '\t') c = ' '; bw.write(c); } } bw.flush(); fr.close(); fw.close(); } }