Section (1) expand
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 _zsingle_quotesz_/_zsingle_quotesz_ to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly specified tab stop. Also a prefix of _zsingle_quotesz_+_zsingle_quotesz_ 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
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
or available locally via: info _zsingle_quotesz_(coreutils) expand invocation_zsingle_quotesz_
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