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EXPAND(1)                                           User Commands                                           EXPAND(1)



NAME
       expand - convert tabs to spaces

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

DESCRIPTION
       Convert  tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read stan‐
       dard 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/>

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       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  per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                           EXPAND(1)