cebe/indent

A small tool to convert text file indentation.

indent

A small tool to convert (or enforce) text file indentation. Tabs to spaces or spaces to tabs., _(*1)

Installation

Install via composer or just clone the repo., _(*2)

Global installation

Install it globally using:, _(*3)

composer global require cebe/indent

Make sure your composer directory ($HOME/.composer/vendor/bin) is in your PATH., _(*4)

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:, _(*5)

indent --tabs myfile.php

Convert all .php-files and the README.md in current dir to spaces:, _(*6)

indent --spaces *.php README.md

Convert all .php-files in dir to tabs (recursively):, _(*7)

indent --tabs -r dir

Convert all .md-files in dir to spaces (recursively):, _(*8)

indent --spaces --pattern=*.md -r dir

Convert STDIN, which is the content of myfile.php to spaces and print the result to STDOUT:, _(*9)

cat myfile.php | ./indent --spaces