expand (1)
NAME
expand - convert tabs to spacesSYNOPSIS
expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...DESCRIPTION
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
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGS
Report expand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.orgGNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report expand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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 permitted 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.