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CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

While reviewing a Python 3 script that inventories running services, you notice the author indented one line with a tab and the next with four spaces. Running the script immediately raises:

TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

The developer also wants to make the code conform to the PEP 8 style guide. Which modification will resolve the error and satisfy PEP 8 recommendations?

  • Add a shebang of #!/usr/bin/env python -tt so Python automatically treats tabs as four spaces at runtime.

  • Convert the file's line endings to LF (Unix style); inconsistent CRLF endings are what trigger the TabError.

  • Replace every indentation level with a single tab character; PEP 8 requires tabs rather than spaces.

  • Replace every indentation level with exactly four space characters and remove all tabs.

CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8)
Automation, Orchestration, and Scripting
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