59 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
Executable File
59 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
Executable File
.TH EXPAND 1
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.SH NAME
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expand \- convert tabs to spaces
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B expand
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[\fB\-t\fR \fItablist\fR]
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.IR file ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B expand
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writes files to the standard output with any <tab> characters
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replaced with one or more <space> characters to pad to the next tab
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stop. By default, there is a tab stop every 8 characters.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR -t " " \fItablist\FR
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Takes in one or more space-separated numbers to set the number of
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spaces between each tab stop.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.nf
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.RS
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expand file
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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replaces <tab> characters in file with enough <space> characters to
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pad to a tab stop every 8 columns.
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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expand -t 10 file
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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replaces <tab> characters in file with enough <space> characters to
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pad to a tab stop every 10 columns.
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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expand -t 10 5 8 file
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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replaces the first <tab> in every line of file with enough <space>
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characters to pad to a tab stop on column 10, the second <tab> with
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enough <space> characters to pad to a tab stop 5 columns after the
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first tab stop, then the third <tab> with enough <space> characters
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to pad to a tab stop 8 columns after the second tab stop. Any
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further <tab> characters on a line will be replaced with a single
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<space>.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Kat.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2019 Katlynn Richey
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.PP
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This software is free software. Feel free to modify it and/or pass
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it around.
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.PP
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This \fBexpand\fR implementation is a part of the fenutils package.
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