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Crablare Author

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Find and Replace

When using find and replace;

how can I replace something with a tab?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 19, 2020 3:47 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Dec 19, 2020 3:57 PM

If I have axb, and I disable match words in the Find facility, and search for just the character x, and then use \t for the tab replace character, I end up with the following where x is replaced by a tab. Here, I have enabled Show Invisibles.

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