expand (1)

expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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

Written by David MacKenzie.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

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Copyright © 2014 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.

unexpand(1)

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) expand invocation'