uu-expand(1)

uu-expand1

Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to standard output. with no file, or when file is -, read standard input.

Usage

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

Overview

Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Options

-i, --initial

do not convert tabs after non blanks

-t, --tabs <N, LIST>

have tabs N characters apart, not 8 or use comma separated list of explicit tab positions

-U, --no-utf8

interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.