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Tab character width in Terminal

Default tab width for Mac OS X Terminal.app is 8. I want to change it to 2. How can I do it?

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"To set your tab with to 2 spaces, use this command in the Terminal App:

tabs -2

Replace 2 with your desired width in spaces.

View the full manual for tabs to learn about all options."