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Replacing Tabs and Newlines

Linux

# Replace '\n' with newlines and '\t' for tabs:
cat <filename> | sed 's/\\n/\n/g' | sed 's/\\t/\t/g' > <filename>

Windows

  • PowerShell

    # Replace '\n' with newlines and '\t' for tabs:
(Get-Content -Raw -Path <filename>) -replace '\\n', "`n" -replace '\\t', "`t" | Set-Content -Path <filename>

  • CMD

    yikes