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NAME
       expand - Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard
       output.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

SYNOPSIS
       expand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.  With
       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

OPTIONS
       -i, --initial
              do not convert tabs after non blanks

       -t, --tabs <N, LIST>
              have tabs N characters apart, not 8 or use comma separated list
              of explicit tab positions

       -U, --no-utf8
              interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

                                  2026-09-01                         EXPAND(1)