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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 249b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 289b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" @(#)expand.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 9, 1993 359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt EXPAND 1 369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4 379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm expand , 399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand 409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa 419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm expand 439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl Ns Ar tabstop 449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl Ns Ar tab1,tab2,...,tabn 459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar 469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand 479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl a 489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar 499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Expand 519b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprocesses the named files or the standard input writing 529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe standard output with tabs changed into blanks. 539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBackspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement 549b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe column count for tab calculations. 559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Expand 569b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis useful for pre-processing character files 579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that 589b50d902SRodney W. Grimescontain tabs. 599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 609b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf a single 619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar tabstop 629b50d902SRodney W. Grimesargument is given, then tabs are set 639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar tabstop 649b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspaces apart instead of the default 8. 659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf multiple tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those 669b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecific columns. 679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Unexpand 699b50d902SRodney W. Grimesputs tabs back into the data from the standard input or the named 709b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfiles and writes the result on the standard output. 719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 729b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOption (with 739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand 749b50d902SRodney W. Grimesonly): 759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width flag 769b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl a 779b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBy default, only leading blanks and tabs 789b50d902SRodney W. Grimesare reconverted to maximal strings of tabs. If the 799b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl a 809b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is given, then tabs are inserted whenever they would compress the 819b50d902SRodney W. Grimesresultant file by replacing two or more characters. 829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 839b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 849b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm expand 869b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in 879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 3.0 . 88