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- expand - convert tabs to spaces
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- eexxppaanndd [-tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-t tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-i]
- [--tabs=tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [--initial] [--help] [--ver-
- sion] [file...]
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- This manual page documents the GNU version of eexxppaanndd.
- eexxppaanndd writes the contents of each given file, or the
- standard input if none are given or when a file named `-'
- is given, to the standard output, with tab characters con-
- verted to the appropriate number of spaces. By default,
- eexxppaanndd converts all tabs to spaces. It preserves
- backspace characters in the output; they decrement the
- column count for tab calculations. The default action is
- equivalent to -8 (set tabs every 8 columns).
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- OOPPTTIIOONNSS
- _-_, _-_t_, _-_-_t_a_b_s _t_a_b_1_[_,_t_a_b_2_[_,_._._._]_]
- If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs _t_a_b_1
- spaces apart instead of the default 8. Otherwise,
- set the tabs at columns _t_a_b_1, _t_a_b_2, etc. (numbered
- from 0) and replace any tabs beyond the tabstops
- given with single spaces. If the tabstops are
- specified with the _-_t or _-_-_t_a_b_s option, they can be
- separated by blanks as well as by commas.
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- _-_i_, _-_-_i_n_i_t_i_a_l
- Only convert initial tabs (those that precede all
- non space or tab characters) on each line to
- spaces.
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- _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
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- _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
- Print version information on standard error then
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