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UNEXPAND

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: GNU Text Utilities
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NAME

unexpand - convert spaces to tabs 

SYNOPSIS

unexpand[-tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-t tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-a][--tabs=tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [--all] [--help] [--version] [file...] 

DESCRIPTION

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This manual pagedocuments the GNU version ofunexpand.unexpandwrites the contents of each given file, or the standard input ifnone are given or when a file named `-' is given, to the standardoutput, with strings of two or more space or tab characters convertedto as many tabs as possible followed by as many spaces as are needed.By default,unexpandconverts only initial spaces and tabs (those that precede all nonspace or tab characters) on each line. It preservesbackspace characters in the output; they decrement the column countfor tab calculations. By default, tabs are set at every 8th column. 

OPTIONS

-, -t, --tabs tab1[,tab2[,...]]

If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs tab1 spaces apartinstead of the default 8. Otherwise, set the tabs at columnstab1, tab2, etc. (numbered from 0) and leave spaces andtabs beyond the tabstops given unchanged. If the tabstops arespecified with the-tor--tabsoption, they can be separated by blanks as well as by commas.This option implies the-aoption.

-a, --all

Convert all strings of two or more spaces or tabs, not just initialones, to tabs.

--help

Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.

--version

Print version information on standard output then exit.

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