UNEXPAND ("1") | General commands | Unix Manual Pages

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

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