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188 bytes added , 00:26, 6 May 2016

adds an awk idiom to output ls into tsv

awk '{gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/,"");print}'

awk '{$1=$1;print}' # also removes extra space between fields

# This awk idiom can be used to turn command output into spreadsheet-friendly output by separating it with tabs.

# So for example, the output of the ls command:

ls -l | awk -v OFS="\t" '$1=$1'

# insert 5 blank spaces at beginning of each line (make page offset)

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