minix man page for expand

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EXPAND(1)						      General Commands Manual							 EXPAND(1)

NAME
expand - convert tabs to spaces
SYNOPSIS
expand [-t1,t2, ...] [file]
OPTIONS
-t Tab stop positions
EXAMPLES
expand -16,32,48,64 # Expand stdin with tabs every 16 columns
DESCRIPTION
Expand replaces tabs in the named files with the equivalent numbers of spaces. If no files are listed, stdin is given. If only one tab is given, the rest are multiples of it. The default is a tab every 8 spaces.
SEE ALSO
unexpand(1). EXPAND(1)
Related Man Pages
expand(1) - redhat
expand(1) - opendarwin
unexpand(1) - freebsd
expand(1) - php
expand(1) - plan9
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