January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Name
expand
Synopsis
expand [options] [files]
Expands tab characters into appropriate number of spaces.
expand reads the named files or standard input if
no files are provided. See also unexpand.
Options
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-ttablist Interpret tabs according to tablist, a space- or comma-separated list of numbers in ascending order, that describe the “tabstops” for the input data.
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-n Set the tabstops every n characters. The default is 8.
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-tablist Interpret tabs according to tablist, a space- or comma-separated list of numbers in ascending order, that describe the “tabstops” for the input data.
Example
Cut columns 10-12 of the input data, even when tabs are used:
expand data | cut -c 10-12 > data.col2