1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/long-lines.pl b/long-lines.pl
index 3ba4930..d0f0c21 100755
--- a/long-lines.pl
+++ b/long-lines.pl
@@ -3,28 +3,33 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use File::Basename;
 use Getopt::Std;
+use Text::Tabs;
 
 my %opt;
-getopts("hm:", \%opt);
+getopts("hm:t:", \%opt);
 
 if (@ARGV == 0 || $opt{h}) {
   print "usage: ", basename($0), " [options] file(s)...\n\n";
   print "Options:\n";
   print "  -m NUMBER       maximum chars tolerated per line (default: 80)\n";
+  print "  -t NUMBER       count \\t as NUMBER chars (default: 4)\n";
   print "  -h              this help\n";
   exit 0;
 }
 
 my $max = 80;
 my $line = 0;
+$Text::Tabs::tabstop = 4;
 
 $max = $opt{m} if ($opt{m});
+$Text::Tabs::tabstop = $opt{t} if ($opt{t});
 
 for my $file (@ARGV) {
   open FILE,"<", $file;
   $line = 0;
   while (<FILE>) {
     $line++;
+	$_ = expand $_;
     if (length > $max) {
       print "\"$file\" - line $line: ", length, " chars\n";
     }