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 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

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <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 at: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) expand invocationaq