.TH EXPAND 1 .SH NAME expand \- convert tabs to spaces .SH SYNOPSIS \fBexpand\fR [\fB\-\fIt1,t2, ...\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR]\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-\fIt\fR" "Tab stop positions" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "expand \-16,32,48,64" "Expand \fIstdin\fR with tabs every 16 columns" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fIExpand\fR replaces tabs in the named files with the equivalent numbers of spaces. If no files are listed, \fIstdin\fR is given. If only one tab is given, the rest are multiples of it. The default is a tab every 8 spaces. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR unexpand (1).