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 (enables -a)

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report unexpand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

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 coreutils 'unexpand invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.