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unexpand - convert spaces to tabs
unexpand [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to
<bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2008 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.
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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