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UNEXPAND(1)                                         User Commands                                         UNEXPAND(1)



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 stan‐
       dard 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

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AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2013   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  per‐
       mitted 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.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                         UNEXPAND(1)