Issue #77: fix - replace tabs with space.

StevenBlack · Feb 15, 2016 · a4b254d · a4b254d
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diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ def removeDupsAndExcl(mergeFile):
         write = 'true'
         # Explicit encoding
         line = line.decode("UTF-8")
+        # replace tabs with space
+        line = line.replace('\t+', ' ')
         # Testing the first character doesn't require startswith
         if line[0] == '#' or re.match(r'^\s*$', line[0]):
             # Cross-python write