# Replace tabs by spaces

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-tabs-by-spaces/85222>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-tabs-by-spaces/85222 "2017-05-10T10:04:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nmane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nmane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmane)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-tabs-by-spaces/85222/1 "2017-05-10T10:04:53Z")

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I want to replace tabs in my log by spaces. How do I do it?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-tabs-by-spaces/85222/2 "2017-05-10T14:30:56Z")

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You should be able to use `\t` and `\s` to do this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-tabs-by-spaces/85222/3 "2017-06-07T14:38:46Z")

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Closed on June 7, 2017, 2:38pm UTC

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