EXPAND linux command manual

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 standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory  for  short  options
       too.

       -i, --initial
              do not convert TABs after non whitespace

       -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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



expand (coreutils) 5.2.1           May 2004                         EXPAND(1)