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

unexpand [-a|--all] [--first-only] [-t|--tabs] [-U|--no-utf8] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]

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

convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks
convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a)
use comma separated LIST of tab positions or have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a)
interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8
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