{"id":721,"date":"2014-09-06T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/09\/06\/powertip-powershell-tabs\/"},"modified":"2014-09-06T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-powershell-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-powershell-tabs\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: PowerShell Tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Understand Windows PowerShell tabs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to efficiently add 1, 2, or 3 tabs to a string?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Use the `t<\/b> character for a single tab. Use `t`t<\/b> for two tabs, and multiply them for three or more (such as “`t”*3<\/b>).
           Here are examples:<\/p>\n

PS C:\\> "this has a `t in it"<\/p>\n

this has a       in it<\/p>\n

PS C:\\> "this has 2 `t`t in it"<\/p>\n

this has 2               in it<\/p>\n

PS C:\\> "this has 3" + "`t"*3 + "in it"<\/p>\n

this has 3                      in it<\/p>\n

\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Understand Windows PowerShell tabs.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to efficiently add 1, 2, or 3 tabs to a string?  Use the `t character for a single tab. Use `t`t for two tabs, and multiply them for three or more (such as “`t”*3).            Here are examples: PS C:\\> "this has a `t in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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