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Linux expand command - converts tabs in files to spaces for writing to standard output

Linux expand command: converts tabs in files to spaces for writing to standard output

Linux expand command Function Description

Use the expand command to convert the tabs in each file to spaces to write to the standard output.

If no file is specified, or if the file is -, the program will read the data from the standard input.

Linux expand command Syntax

expand [Option] [File]

The meaning of each option in the command is shown in the table:

Option Description
-i Tabs after non-whitespace characters are not converted
-t<Digital> Set each tab to the width of the specified number, instead of the default 8
-t<List> Specify a list of tab positions, separated by commas

Linux expand command Demo

Convert tabs to spaces in the /root/apidemos.com.txt file

[root@rhel ～]# expand /root/apidemos.com.txt

Output:

Linux expand command

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