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  DETAB

  Converts tabs in the source file into the appropriate number
  of spaces in the destination file.

  Format
  DETAB source-file-spec[,...] dest-file-spec

  Parameters
  source-file-spec

  The file specification of the source file from which to remove
  tabs.

  dest-file-spec
  The optional file specification of the destination file to produce.
  By default, the a new version of the source file is generated.

  See Also
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ENTAB

  Examples
  1.

        $ DETAB EXAMPLE.SRC EXAMPLE.TXT
        This command generates a file EXAMPLE.TXT which
        is the same as EXAMPLE.SRC except that the tabs are
        converted into spaces.