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.TH EXPAND 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
expand \- Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBexpand\fR [OPTION]... [FILE]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initial\fR
do not convert tabs after non blanks
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR \fI<N, LIST>\fR
have tabs N characters apart, not 8 or use comma separated list of explicit tab positions
.TP
\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-no\-utf8\fR
interpret input file as 8\-bit ASCII rather than UTF\-8
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0