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TAB2SPACE(1)                                                                                    TAB2SPACE(1)



NAME
       tab2space - Utility to expand tabs and ensure consistent line endings

SYNOPSIS
       tab2space [options] [infile [outfile]] ...

DESCRIPTION
       tab2space  expands  tab characters into a specific number of spaces.  It also normalizes line endings
       into a single format.

OPTIONS
       -help or -h    display this help message

       -dos or -crlf  set line ends to CRLF (PC-DOS/Windows - default)

       -mac or -cr    set line ends to CR (classic Mac OS)

       -unix or -lf   set line ends to LF (Unix / Mac OS X)

       -tabs          preserve tabs, e.g. for Makefile

       -t<n>          set tabs to <n> (default is 4) spaces

SEE ALSO
       HTML Tidy Project Page at http://tidy.sourceforge.net

AUTHOR
       Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>



                                              February 6, 2003                                  TAB2SPACE(1)

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