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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)expand.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
33c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
35aca29625STim J. Robbins.Dd April 21, 2002
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt EXPAND 1
3762500372SRuslan Ermilov.Os
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm expand ,
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
438fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl Ns Ar tabstop
45d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Oo
46d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Fl t
47d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Sm off
48d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Ar tab1 , tab2 , ... , tabn
49d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Sm on
50d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Oc
51a2995dd0SPhilippe Charnier.Op Ar
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl a
54aca29625STim J. Robbins.Oo
55aca29625STim J. Robbins.Fl t
56aca29625STim J. Robbins.Sm off
57aca29625STim J. Robbins.Ar tab1 , tab2 , ... , tabn
58aca29625STim J. Robbins.Sm on
59aca29625STim J. Robbins.Oc
60a2995dd0SPhilippe Charnier.Op Ar
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
623898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
633898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
643898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility processes the named files or the standard input writing
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe standard output with tabs changed into blanks.
669b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBackspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe column count for tab calculations.
683898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
693898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
703898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility is useful for pre-processing character files
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that
729b50d902SRodney W. Grimescontain tabs.
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf a single
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar tabstop
769b50d902SRodney W. Grimesargument is given, then tabs are set
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar tabstop
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspaces apart instead of the default 8.
799b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf multiple tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecific columns.
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
823898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
833898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm unexpand
843898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility puts tabs back into the data from the standard input or the named
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfiles and writes the result on the standard output.
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
879b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOption (with
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm unexpand
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimesonly):
90a2995dd0SPhilippe Charnier.Bl -tag -width indent
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl a
929b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBy default, only leading blanks and tabs
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimesare reconverted to maximal strings of tabs.  If the
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl a
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is given, then tabs are inserted whenever they would compress the
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimesresultant file by replacing two or more characters.
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
98ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Sh ENVIRONMENT
99ec85e6a0STim J. RobbinsThe
100ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Ev LANG ,
101ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Ev LC_ALL
102ec85e6a0STim J. Robbinsand
103ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Ev LC_CTYPE
104ec85e6a0STim J. Robbinsenvironment variables affect the execution of
105ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Nm expand
106ec85e6a0STim J. Robbinsand
107ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Nm unexpand
108ec85e6a0STim J. Robbinsas described in
109ec85e6a0STim J. Robbins.Xr environ 7 .
110aca29625STim J. Robbins.Sh STANDARDS
111aca29625STim J. RobbinsThe
112aca29625STim J. Robbins.Nm expand
113aca29625STim J. Robbinsand
114aca29625STim J. Robbins.Nm unexpand
115aca29625STim J. Robbinsutilities conform to
116aca29625STim J. Robbins.St -p1003.1-2001 .
1179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
1189b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
119a2995dd0SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1209b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 3.0 .
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