UNEXPAND

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2021
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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 The last specified position can be prefixed with '/' to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly specified tab stop. Also a prefix of '+' can be used to align remaining tab stops relative to the last specified tab stop instead of the first column
--help: display this help and exit
--version: output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.