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Name

expand — convert tabs to spaces

Synopsis

expand [OPTION...] [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

−i, −−initial

do not convert tabs after non blanks

−t, −−tabs=NUMBER

have tabs NUMBER characters apart, not 8

−t, −−tabs=LIST

use comma separated list of explicit tab positions

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug−coreutils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

unexpand(1)

The full documentation for expand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and expand programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'expand invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.