expand
convert tabs to spaces
TLDR
Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to stdout
Convert tabs to spaces, reading from stdin
Do not convert tabs after non blanks
Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8
Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions
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 remaining 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
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
unexpand(1) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) expand invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.