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UNEXPAND

Section: FSF (1)
Updated: July 2001
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NAME

unexpand - convert spaces to tabs

SYNOPSIS

unexpand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Convert spaces in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

-a, --all: convert all whitespace, instead of initial whitespace
-t, --tabs=NUMBER: have tabs NUMBER characters apart instead of 8
-t, --tabs=LIST: use comma separated list of explicit tab positions
--help: display this help and exit
--version: output version information and exit

Instead of -t NUMBER or -t LIST, -NUMBER or -LIST may be used.

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for unexpand is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and unexpand programs are properly installed at your site, the command

: info unexpand

should give you access to the complete manual.

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