expand(1)

💖 expand(1) — the manual page bestie 💖

okay so this is expand(1), a General Commands Manual moment, and it's literally about turning tabs into spaces. tiny concept, huge slay. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

expand — convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. with no FILE, or when FILE is -, it reads standard input. that's it, that's the girl 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

expand [-i|--initial] [-t|--tabs] [-U|--no-utf8] [-h|--help]
[-V|--version] [FILES]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically: convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. with no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. iconic behavior honestly. the - thing is the classic "just read from stdin bestie" move, iykyk 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -i, --initial — do not convert tabs after non blanks. so only the tabs in the leading whitespace part get touched, the rest stay exactly as they are 🙈
• -t, --tabs <N, LIST> — have tabs N characters apart, not 8, or use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions ✨ (yes, default is 8, no cap)
• -U, --no-utf8 — interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8. switching up the whole encoding vibe, respect 🧚
• -h, --help — Print help 🥺
• -V, --version — Print version 💜

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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heads up bestie: this page is expand (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0, and that's the whole flex 💖 go forth, de-tab, and be the main character of your own terminal 🌈

💅 periodt.