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UNEXPAND
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2005
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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 (enables -a)
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005 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
expand(1)
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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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