NAME

       expand - manual page for expand 9.1

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=N
              have tabs N characters apart, not 8

       -t, --tabs=LIST
              use  comma  separated  list  of  tab positions.  The last specified position can be
              prefixed with '/' to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly  specified
              tab  stop.   Also a prefix of '+' can be used to align remaining tab stops relative
              to the last specified tab stop instead of the first column

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2022  Free  Software  Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <https://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.