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 © 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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
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' | |