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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt EXPAND 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm expand
	6 .Nd expand tabs to spaces
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl i
	10 .Op Fl t Ar tablist
	11 .Op Ar file ...
	12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	13 .Nm
	14 converts tabs to spaces in each
	15 .Ar file
	16 as specified in
	17 .Ar tablist .
	18 If no file is given,
	19 .Nm
	20 reads from stdin.
	21 .Pp
	22 Backspace characters are preserved and decrement the column count
	23 for tab calculations.
	24 .Sh OPTIONS
	25 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	26 .It Fl i
	27 Only expand tabs at the beginning of lines, i.e. expand each
	28 line until a character different from '\et' and ' ' is reached.
	29 .It Fl t Ar tablist
	30 Specify tab size or tabstops.
	31 .Ar tablist
	32 is a list of one (in the former case) or multiple (in the latter case)
	33 strictly positive integers separated by ' ' or ','.
	34 .Pp
	35 The default
	36 .Ar tablist
	37 is "8".
	38 .El
	39 .Sh SEE ALSO
	40 .Xr fold 1 ,
	41 .Xr unexpand 1
	42 .Sh STANDARDS
	43 The
	44 .Nm
	45 utility is compliant with the
	46 .St -p1003.1-2013
	47 specification.
	48 .Pp
	49 The
	50 .Op Fl i
	51 flag is an extension to that specification.