NAME


detab - convert tabs to spaces


SYNOPSIS


detab [<t1>...] [+<n>] [file...]


DESCRIPTION


Detab converts tab characters (control-i) to equivalent strings
of blanks.
Tab stops are indicated by <t1>...
(default 8, 16, ...),
while +<n> indicates tab stops
every <n> columns.
Thus the command


detab 5 21 +5

supplies blanks for tabs terminating at column positions 5, 21, 26, etc.
If no files are specified, the standard input is read.
An isolated minus sign also indicates the standard input.


SEE ALSO


entab


AUTHORS



Original from Kernighan & Plauger's 'Software Tools', with modifications
by Dennis Hall and Debbie Scherrer (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)