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1.1     ! root        1: .TH EXPAND 1 "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: expand, unexpand \- expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B expand
        !             7: [
        !             8: \-tabstop
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: \-tab1,tab2,...,tabn
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: file ...
        !            13: ]
        !            14: .br
        !            15: .B unexpand
        !            16: [
        !            17: .B \-a
        !            18: ] [
        !            19: file ...
        !            20: ]
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I Expand
        !            23: processes the named files or the standard input writing
        !            24: the standard output with tabs changed into blanks.
        !            25: Backspace characters are preserved into the output and decrement
        !            26: the column count for tab calculations.
        !            27: .I Expand
        !            28: is useful for pre-processing character files
        !            29: (before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that
        !            30: contain tabs.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: If a single
        !            33: .I tabstop
        !            34: argument is given then tabs are set
        !            35: .I tabstop
        !            36: spaces apart instead of the default 8.
        !            37: If multiple tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those
        !            38: specific columns.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Unexpand
        !            41: puts tabs back into the data from the standard input or the named
        !            42: files and writes the result on the standard output.
        !            43: By default only leading blanks and tabs
        !            44: are reconverted to maximal strings of tabs.  If the
        !            45: .B \-a
        !            46: option is given, then tabs are inserted whenever they would compress the
        !            47: resultant file by replacing two or more characters.

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