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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
.TH EXPAND "1" "April 2022" "GNU coreutils 9.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
expand \- convert tabs to spaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B expand
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
.PP
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=\fI\,N\/\fR
have tabs N characters apart, not 8
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fI\,LIST\/\fR
use comma separated list of tab positions.
The last specified position can be prefixed 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
.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"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBunexpand\fP(1)
.PP
.br
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) expand invocation\(aq