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NAME

6       expand - convert tabs to spaces
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SYNOPSIS

9       expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Convert  tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.  With
13       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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15       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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18       -i, --initial
19              do not convert tabs after non blanks
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21       -t, --tabs=NUMBER
22              have tabs NUMBER characters apart, not 8
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24       -t, --tabs=LIST
25              use comma separated list of explicit tab positions
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27       --help display this help and exit
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29       --version
30              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

33       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

36       Report expand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
37       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
38       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
39       Report expand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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42       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
43       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
44       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
45       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

48       unexpand(1)
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50       The  full  documentation  for expand is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
51       If the info and expand programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
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54              info coreutils 'expand invocation'
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56       should give you access to the complete manual.
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60GNU coreutils 8.5                November 2010                       EXPAND(1)
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