From 1a5adda834291011bedc562791a25d5f64a8e80c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Joy Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1979 01:08:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BSD 3 development Work on file usr/man/man1/expand.1 Synthesized-from: 3bsd --- usr/man/man1/expand.1 | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/man/man1/expand.1 diff --git a/usr/man/man1/expand.1 b/usr/man/man1/expand.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bd2c91679c --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/man/man1/expand.1 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.TH EXPAND 1 2/24/79 +.UC +.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 -- 2.20.1