## 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=NUMBER have tabs NUMBER characters apart, not 8

-t, --tabs=LIST use comma separated list of explicit tab positions

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

## AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report expand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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 at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) expand invocation(aq