UNEXPAND(1) | User Commands | UNEXPAND(1) |
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
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2024 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'
August 2024 | GNU coreutils 9.5 |