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.TH UNEXPAND "1" "March 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
unexpand \- convert spaces to tabs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B unexpand
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Convert blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks
.TP
\fB\-\-first\-only\fR
convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides \fB\-a\fR)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fIN\fR
have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables \fB\-a\fR)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR=\fILIST\fR
use comma separated LIST of tab positions (enables \fB\-a\fR)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report unexpand bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
expand(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B unexpand
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B unexpand
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqunexpand invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
