expand − convert tabs to spaces
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=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
Written by David MacKenzie.
GNU coreutils
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unexpand(1)
Full
documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) expand
invocation'