EXPAND

EXPAND

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

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.

-i, --initial

do not convert TABs after non whitespace

-t, --tabs=NUMBER

have tabs NUMBER characters apart, not 8

-t, --tabs=LIST

use comma separated list of explicit tab positions

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Instead of -t NUMBER or -t LIST, -NUMBER or -LIST may be used.

AUTHOR

Written by David !MacKenzie?.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for expand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and expand programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info expand

should give you access to the complete manual.