expand(1) - phpMan

EXPAND(1) User Commands EXPAND(1)

NAME
expand - convert tabs to spaces

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 pre-
fixed 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

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report expand translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2018 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.