expand - convert tabs to spaces
expand [-tabstop] [-tab1,tab2,...] [file ...]
expand processes the named files or the standard input writing the standard output with tabs changed into blanks. Backspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement the column count for tab calculations. expand is useful for pre-processing character files (before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that contain tabs.
Tabs are set tabstop spaces apart instead of the default 8.
Tabs are set at the specific column numbers tab1, tab2 and so on.
This documentation comes from the BSD expand(1) man page.
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To install PerlPowerTools, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm PerlPowerTools
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install PerlPowerTools
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