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/>
     Report       expand        translation        bugs        to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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)




GNU coreutils 8.5    Last change: April 2010                    1






User Commands                                           EXPAND(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 invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.
















































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