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.TH EXPAND "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
expand \- convert tabs to spaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B expand
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initial\fR
do not convert tabs after non blanks
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
have tabs NUMBER characters apart, not 8
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fILIST\fR
use comma separated list of explicit tab positions
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
unexpand(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B expand
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B expand
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info expand
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.