EXPAND(1) User Commands EXPAND(1)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
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AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 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)
The full documentation for expand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and expand programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'expand invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 EXPAND(1)
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EXPAND(1) User Commands EXPAND(1)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
Report expand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 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)
The full documentation for expand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and expand programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'expand invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 EXPAND(1)
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abc.in
#####
asdasdasd
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Hi All,
May I know how to expand the words?
e.g:
a
aa
aaa
aaaa
I have try to use
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do
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done
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and my code is:
if ]world"* ]]; then
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fi
Not work
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