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expand — Convert tabs to spaces. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/e

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Problem

How to use the expand command: Convert tabs to spaces. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/expand-invocation.html>.

Solution

expand — Convert tabs to spaces. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/expand-invocation.html>.

Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to stdout:
expand {{path/to/file}}


Convert tabs to spaces, reading from stdin:
expand


Do not convert tabs after non blanks:
expand {{[-i|--initial]}} {{path/to/file}}


Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8:
expand {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{number}} {{path/to/file}}


Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions:
expand {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{1,4,6}}

Code Snippets

Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to `stdout`

expand {{path/to/file}}

Convert tabs to spaces, reading from `stdin`

expand

Do not convert tabs after non blanks

expand {{[-i|--initial]}} {{path/to/file}}

Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8

expand {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{number}} {{path/to/file}}

Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions

expand {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{1,4,6}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/expand

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