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NAME
       expand -	convert	tabs to	spaces

SYNOPSIS
       expand [-v] [-t tabs] [--] [file	... ]

       expand converts tabs in its input files to spaces and writes the	result
       to the standard output.

OPTIONS
       -v     The -v option instructs expand to	print its version  number  and
	      exit.

       -t tabs
	      The  -t  option  sets the	number of spaces corresponding to each
	      tab stop to tabs.	 The default is	8 spaces.

       --     The -- (double dash) option indicates the	end of options.

DESCRIPTION
       expand reads each file in turn, expanding tabs to spaces	from each file
       in  turn,  and  writing the result to the standard output.  If no files
       are specified or	a file is - (dash), expand reads from the standard in-
       put.

       expand expects its input	to be Unicode characters in utf(4) form.

EXAMPLES
       Convert tabs to spaces in file1 and write the results to	file2:

	    expand file1 >file2

SEE ALSO
       unexpand(1) utf(4)

BUGS
       None known.

SOURCES
       http://pobox.com/~Alan.Watson/software.html

AUTHOR
       Alan Watson (Alan.Watson@pobox.com).

			       1.6.0 of	97/02/25		     expand(1)

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