Man1 - unexpand.1

unexpand - convert spaces to tabs

unexpand [/OPTION/]… [/FILE/]…

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

Written by David MacKenzie.

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Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand
or available locally via: info ’(coreutils) unexpand invocation’