vim set tab width to 2 spaces code example

Example 1: vim set tab size

:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab
:retab

# tabstop		-> Indentation width in spaces
# shiftwidth	-> Autoindentation width in spaces
# expandtab		-> Use actual spaces instead of tabs
# retab			-> Convert existing tabs to spaces

Example 2: linux vim set tab to 4 spaces

set tabstop=4

Example 3: linux vim set tab to 4 spaces

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