expand (1) Linux Manual Page
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 standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-i,–initial- do not convert tabs after non blanks
-t,–tabs=,N/- have tabs N characters apart, not 8
-t,–tabs=,LIST/- use comma separated list of tab positions The last specified position can be prefixed with ‘/’ to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly specified tab stop. Also a prefix of ‘+’ can be used to align remaining tab stops relative to the last specified tab stop instead of the first column
–help- display this help and exit
–version- output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) expand invocation’