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 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

GNU coreutils online help: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils>
Report unexpand translation bugs to <translationproject.org/team>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <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)

Full documentation at: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) unexpand invocationaq