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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).

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