cebe / indent
A small tool to convert text file indentation.
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README
A small tool to convert (or enforce) text file indentation. Tabs to spaces or spaces to tabs.
Installation
Install via composer or just clone the repo.
Global installation
Install it globally using:
composer global require cebe/indent
Make sure your composer directory ($HOME/.composer/vendor/bin) is in your PATH.
Usage
indent [--tabs|--spaces] [-r [--pattern=...]] [files or directories...]
--tabs convert all indentation to tabs. Assuming 4 spaces tab length.
--spaces convert all indentation to spaces.
-r recursively go over all directories given as argument and convert
files that match --pattern.
--pattern the pattern to match files for when using -r. Defaults to '*.php'.
--tabstop=N define number of spaces N to replace a tab with. Defaults to 4.
--help shows this usage information.
If no file is specified input will be read from STDIN.
Examples
Convert myfile.php to tabs:
indent --tabs myfile.php
Convert all .php-files and the README.md in current dir to spaces:
indent --spaces *.php README.md
Convert all .php-files in dir to tabs (recursively):
indent --tabs -r dir
Convert all .md-files in dir to spaces (recursively):
indent --spaces --pattern=*.md -r dir
Convert STDIN, which is the content of myfile.php to spaces and print the result to STDOUT:
cat myfile.php | ./indent --spaces