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
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--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
© 2023 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
Full
documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand>;
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) unexpand
invocation'