expand
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NAME
expand - convert tabs to spaces
SYNOPSIS
expand [-tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-t tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-i]
[--tabs=tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [--initial] [--help] [--ver-
sion] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of expand.
expand writes the contents of each given file, or the
standard input if none are given or when a file named `-'
is given, to the standard output, with tab characters con-
verted to the appropriate number of spaces. By default,
expand converts all tabs to spaces. It preserves
backspace characters in the output; they decrement the
column count for tab calculations. The default action is
equivalent to -8 (set tabs every 8 columns).
OPTIONS
-, -t, --tabs tab1[,tab2[,...]]
If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs tab1
spaces apart instead of the default 8. Otherwise,
set the tabs at columns tab1, tab2, etc. (numbered
from 0) and replace any tabs beyond the tabstops
given with single spaces. If the tabstops are
specified with the -t or --tabs option, they can be
separated by blanks as well as by commas.
-i, --initial
Only convert initial tabs (those that precede all
non space or tab characters) on each line to
spaces.
--help Print a usage message and exit with a status code
indicating success.
--version
Print version information on standard output then
exit.
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