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2 .TH UNEXPAND "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 unexpand \- convert spaces to tabs
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Convert blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output.
13 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
17 \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
18 convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks
21 convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides \fB\-a\fR)
23 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
24 have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables \fB\-a\fR)
26 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fI\,LIST\/\fR
27 use comma separated LIST of tab positions (enables \fB\-a\fR)
30 display this help and exit
33 output version information and exit
35 Written by David MacKenzie.
37 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
39 Report unexpand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
41 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
42 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
44 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
45 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
50 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand>
52 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) unexpand invocation\(aq