Manual: gnuexpand

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NAME
       expand - convert tabs to spaces

SYNOPSIS
       expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -i, --initial
	      do not convert tabs after non blanks

       -t, --tabs=N
	      have tabs N characters apart, not 8

       -t, --tabs=LIST
	      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	 re‐
	      maining tab stops relative to the last specified tab stop instead of the first column

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

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SEE ALSO
       unexpand(1)

       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) expand invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						   EXPAND(1)