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| author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
| commit | 3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 1070287b1054de985087e8287086ae5d4c5ed090 /usr.bin/expand/expand.1 | |
| parent | 0c7c579ba6b65512b9b668508dc41b8b5b057c65 (diff) | |
| download | src-3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5.tar.gz src-3898680cf705cef4e1cc606b44cd91fc4252bcd5.zip | |
Use `The .Nm utility'
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svn path=/head/; revision=95083
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diff --git a/usr.bin/expand/expand.1 b/usr.bin/expand/expand.1 index 3a92b7a4a1ed..246f21a61e04 100644 --- a/usr.bin/expand/expand.1 +++ b/usr.bin/expand/expand.1 @@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ .Op Fl a .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Expand -processes the named files or the standard input writing +The +.Nm +utility 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. -.Nm Expand -is useful for pre-processing character files +The +.Nm +utility is useful for pre-processing character files (before sorting, looking at specific columns, etc.) that contain tabs. .Pp @@ -71,8 +73,9 @@ spaces apart instead of the default 8. If multiple tabstops are given then the tabs are set at those specific columns. .Pp -.Nm Unexpand -puts tabs back into the data from the standard input or the named +The +.Nm unexpand +utility puts tabs back into the data from the standard input or the named files and writes the result on the standard output. .Pp Option (with |