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EXPAND(1L) EXPAND(1L)
NNAAMMEE
expand - convert tabs to spaces
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
eexxppaanndd [-tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-t tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-i]
[--tabs=tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [--initial] [--help] [--ver-
sion] [file...]
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
This manual page documents the GNU version of eexxppaanndd.
eexxppaanndd 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,
eexxppaanndd 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).
OOPPTTIIOONNSS
_-_, _-_t_, _-_-_t_a_b_s _t_a_b_1_[_,_t_a_b_2_[_,_._._._]_]
If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs _t_a_b_1
spaces apart instead of the default 8. Otherwise,
set the tabs at columns _t_a_b_1, _t_a_b_2, etc. (numbered
from 0) and replace any tabs beyond the tabstops
given with single spaces. If the tabstops are
specified with the _-_t or _-_-_t_a_b_s option, they can be
separated by blanks as well as by commas.
_-_i_, _-_-_i_n_i_t_i_a_l
Only convert initial tabs (those that precede all
non space or tab characters) on each line to
spaces.
_-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
tus.
_-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
Print version information on standard error then
exit.
FSF GNU Text Utilities 1