Hi I'm using expand to get formatted output. I've noticed that its behavior is incorrect with non-ascii texts :
$ /bin/echo -e "Réseau\tInterface\nLAN\teth1" | expand Réseau Interface LAN eth1 (one missing space before Interface) If using it with pure ascii : $ /bin/echo -e "Reseau\tInterface\nLAN\teth1" | expand Reseau Interface LAN eth1 Looks like expand considers that UTF-8 Unicode text character "é" is 2 characters long. Versions tested : - expand (GNU coreutils) 8.26 - Debian, Cygwin - expand (GNU coreutils) 8.30 - Debian Thx -- Paul Courbis de Bridiers de Villemor
