EXPAND(1)

💅 expand(1) — the tab-to-space glow-up

okay so bestie, this is expand from the General Commands Manual, and she is literally here to convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, she reads standard input instead. Iconic behavior, no cap. ✨

✨ 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 🦋

So basically: she converts the tabs in each FILE to spaces and writes everything to standard output. If you don’t pass a FILE, or if FILE is -, she reads standard input. That’s the whole vibe. 🎀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -i, --initial — do not convert tabs after non blanks. Leave those tabs alone, periodt. 🙈
• -t, --tabs <N, LIST> — have tabs N characters apart, not 8, or use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions. Pick your spacing fantasy. ⭐
• -U, --no-utf8 — interpret the input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8. Old-school encoding energy. 💀
• -h, --help — Print help. The classic “bestie, explain yourself” button. 🫶
• -V, --version — Print version. Gotta know which era of herself she’s in. 👑

🌈 VERSION 🌈

This version is v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0. Slay. 💜

mwah 💋 — page date 2026-09-17, source/version v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0. bye bestie, go convert those tabs 🧚💖