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- EXPAND ST-UNIX User's Manual EXPAND
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- COMMAND
- expand, unexpand - expand tabs into spaces; unexpand spaces
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- expand [ -tabstop ] [ -tab1,tab2,...,tabn ] [ file ... ]
- unexpand [ -a ] [ file ... ]
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- DESCRIPTION
- _✓E_✓x_✓p_✓a_✓n_✓d reads the files in turn (or the standard input if no
- files are given), converting tabs into blanks and writing
- the result on the standard output.
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- If a single _✓t_✓a_✓b_✓s_✓t_✓o_✓p argument is given then tabs are set
- _✓t_✓a_✓b_✓s_✓t_✓o_✓p spaces apart instead of the default 8. If multiple
- tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those specific
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- _✓U_✓n_✓e_✓x_✓p_✓a_✓n_✓d reads the files (or standard input if no files are
- given) and converts multiple spaces to tabs where possible.
- Normally only leading blanks and tabs are converted. If the
- -a option is given, then tabs are inserted whenever they
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- Printed 28/March/1988 30 March 1987 1
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