expand
Convert tabs to spaces. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand.
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Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to
stdout:
expand {{path/to/file}} -
Convert tabs to spaces, reading from
stdin:
expand -
Do not convert tabs after non blanks:
expand -i {{path/to/file}} -
Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8:
expand -t={{number}} {{path/to/file}} -
Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions:
expand -t={{1,4,6}}
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