re: simple question

[david wright]

Stuart Clark wrote:

 >How do I replace the letter M with 20 spaces.
 >
 >s/M/\s[20]/; # dosen't seem to work :-(
 >
 >Regards
 >Stuart Clark


here's my 10c answer ;-)

it seems that a tab \t eq 5 spaces.
s/M/\t\t\t\t/;