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   Hej Grant!   
      
   > and finding any '\t' tabs as well.   
      
   'col -x' will replace tabs with spaces.   
      
   $ echo -e '\tSome text.' | wc -c   
   12   
      
   $ echo -e '\tSome text.' | col -x | wc -c   
   19   
      
   You'll probably want to replace tabs before counting characters.   
      
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