NAME


unexpand - convert spaces to tabs

SYNOPSIS


unexpand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION


Convert blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --all convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks
--first-only
 convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a)
-t, --tabs=N
 have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a)
-t, --tabs=LIST
 use comma separated LIST of tab positions (enables -a)
--help display this help and exit
--version
 output version information and exit

AUTHOR


Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS


Report unexpand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO


expand(1)

The full documentation for unexpand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and unexpand programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'unexpand invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.

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