.TH EXPAND 1 sbase\-VERSION .SH NAME expand \- expand tabs to spaces .SH SYNOPSIS .B expand .RB [ \-t .IR n ] .RI [ file ...] .SH DESCRIPTION expand processes the named files or the standard input, writing the standard output with tabs changed into spaces. Backspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement the column count for tab calculations. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BI \-t " n" Expand tabs to .I n spaces. We currently support only a single numerical argument. .SH SEE ALSO .IR fold (1)