expand - expand

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

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NAME

expand − expand

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.

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

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