UNEXPAND
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2022
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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.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 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.
SEE ALSO
expand(1)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) unexpand invocation'
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