unexpand(1) General Commands Manual unexpand(1) NAME unexpand - Convert blanks in each `FILE` to tabs, writing to standard output. With no `FILE`, or when `FILE` is `-`, read standard input. SYNOPSIS unexpand [-a|--all] [--first-only] [-t|--tabs] [-U|--no-utf8] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file] DESCRIPTION Convert blanks in each `FILE` to tabs, writing to standard output. With no `FILE`, or when `FILE` is `-`, read standard input. OPTIONS -a, --all convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks --first-only convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a) -t, --tabs=N, LIST use comma separated LIST of tab positions or have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a) -U, --no-utf8 interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8 -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version VERSION v0.0.26 unexpand 0.0.26 unexpand(1)