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2 .TH EXPAND "1" "March 2020" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
4 expand \- convert tabs to spaces
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
13 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
17 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initial\fR
18 do not convert tabs after non blanks
20 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
21 have tabs N characters apart, not 8
23 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fI\,LIST\/\fR
24 use comma separated list of tab positions
25 The last specified position can be prefixed with '/'
26 to specify a tab size to use after the last
27 explicitly specified tab stop. Also a prefix of '+'
28 can be used to align remaining tab stops relative to
29 the last specified tab stop instead of the first column
32 display this help and exit
35 output version information and exit
37 Written by David MacKenzie.
39 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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43 Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
44 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
46 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
47 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
52 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
54 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) expand invocation\(aq