Remove TAB from parsed string

This is a new problem arising from my previous question : http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/291294/stringequals-not-working-as-expected.html I am reading a texture packer text info file, and after removing `\r \n` and *space* , the file still shows spaces, and this is confirmed when the string is split. How do I remove the Tabbed space from a string using String.Replace(" TAB ", ""); ? e.g. a Debug returns Debug.Log( "tempBulk = " + tempBulk ); returns tempBulk = "frames""background.png" **SPACE** "frame""x"2,"y"2,"w"480,"h"320, **SPACE** "rotated"false, **SPACE** "trimmed"false, "