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diff --git a/util/sbase/expand.1 b/util/sbase/expand.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9cf20fb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/util/sbase/expand.1 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.Dd October 8, 2015 +.Dt EXPAND 1 +.Os sbase +.Sh NAME +.Nm expand +.Nd expand tabs to spaces +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl i +.Op Fl t Ar tablist +.Op Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +converts tabs to spaces in each +.Ar file +as specified in +.Ar tablist . +If no file is given, +.Nm +reads from stdin. +.Pp +Backspace characters are preserved and decrement the column count +for tab calculations. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl i +Only expand tabs at the beginning of lines, i.e. expand each +line until a character different from '\et' and ' ' is reached. +.It Fl t Ar tablist +Specify tab size or tabstops. +.Ar tablist +is a list of one (in the former case) or multiple (in the latter case) +strictly positive integers separated by ' ' or ','. +.Pp +The default +.Ar tablist +is "8". +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fold 1 , +.Xr unexpand 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2013. +.Pp +The +.Op Fl i +flag is an extension to that specification. |