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6 expand - convert tabs to spaces
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9 expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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12 Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
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19 -i, --initial
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26 use comma separated list of tab positions The last specified
27 position can be prefixed with '/' to specify a tab size to use
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32 --help display this help and exit
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38 Written by David MacKenzie.
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41 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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45 Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
46 GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
47 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
48 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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53 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
54 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) expand invocation'
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58GNU coreutils 8.32 February 2021 EXPAND(1)