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    I don't see how reading as byte will change the file, the bytes representing a tab and those representing a space should be different. Also, as far as I know network packets have to be converted to bytes before you can send them. Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 2:57
  • thank you. i checked they are different. Horizontal Tab is with binary code: 00001001 and space with binary code: 00100000. Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 4:50