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	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.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  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



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User Commands						EXPAND(1)



     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils expand	invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.


















































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