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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 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

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2025 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'

GNU coreutils 9.8		September 2025			     EXPAND(1)