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EXPAND(1) User Commands EXPAND(1)

expand - convert tabs to spaces

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

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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report expand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Written by David MacKenzie.

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22
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