.TH EXPAND UCB 2/24/79 UCB
.SH NAME
expand \- expand tabs to spaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B expand
[
\-tabstop
] [
\-tab1,tab2,...,tabn
] [
file ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Expand
processes the named files or the standard input writing
the standard output with tabs changed into blanks.
Backspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement
the column count for tab calculations.
.I Expand
is useful for pre-processing character files
(before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that
contain tabs.
.PP
If a single
.I tabstop
argument is given then tabs are set
.I tabstop
spaces apart instead of the default 8.
If multiple tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those
specific columns.
.SH AUTHOR
Bill Joy
.SH BUGS