NAME

expand − expand tabs to spaces in a file like the ex xpand command

SYNOPSIS

expand [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

Expand processes the named files or the standard input writing the standard output with tabs changed into blanks.  Backspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement the column count for tab calculations.  Expand is useful for pre-processing character files (before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that contain tabs. 

SEE ALSO

list (VI), p (VI)

BUGS