From: Steven Black <redacted>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:36:38 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Issue #77: fix - replace tabs with space.
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Issue #77: fix - replace tabs with space.
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diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index 358eda58c..308f4704b 100644
--- 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