02-20-2009
maybe i'm misreading your question but would unexpand work for you?
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unexpand
UNEXPAND(1) User Commands 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://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 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.
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.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 UNEXPAND(1)