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  1. .Dd 2015-10-08
  2. .Dt EXPAND 1
  3. .Os sbase
  4. .Sh NAME
  5. .Nm expand
  6. .Nd expand tabs to spaces
  7. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  8. .Nm
  9. .Op Fl i
  10. .Op Fl t Ar tablist
  11. .Op Ar file ...
  12. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  13. .Nm
  14. converts tabs to spaces in each
  15. .Ar file
  16. as specified in
  17. .Ar tablist .
  18. If no file is given,
  19. .Nm
  20. reads from stdin.
  21. .Pp
  22. Backspace characters are preserved and decrement the column count
  23. for tab calculations.
  24. .Sh OPTIONS
  25. .Bl -tag -width Ds
  26. .It Fl i
  27. Only expand tabs at the beginning of lines, i.e. expand each
  28. line until a character different from '\et' and ' ' is reached.
  29. .It Fl t Ar tablist
  30. Specify tab size or tabstops.
  31. .Ar tablist
  32. is a list of one (in the former case) or multiple (in the latter case)
  33. strictly positive integers separated by ' ' or ','.
  34. .Pp
  35. The default
  36. .Ar tablist
  37. is "8".
  38. .El
  39. .Sh SEE ALSO
  40. .Xr fold 1 ,
  41. .Xr unexpand 1
  42. .Sh STANDARDS
  43. The
  44. .Nm
  45. utility is compliant with the
  46. .St -p1003.1-2013
  47. specification.
  48. .Pp
  49. The
  50. .Op Fl i
  51. flag is an extension to that specification.