x11r4 man page for unexpand

Query: unexpand

OS: x11r4

Section: 1

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

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 The last specified position can be prefixed with '/' to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly specified tab stop. Also a prefix of '+' can be used to align remaining tab stops relative to the last speci- fied tab stop instead of the first column --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report unexpand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 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) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) unexpand invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 UNEXPAND(1)
Related Man Pages
unexpand(1) - linux
expand(1) - debian
expand(1) - centos
expand(1) - suse
expand(1) - plan9
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
convert file deliminated by colon to one deliminated by tab characters
how to remove trailing blanks, tabs
Search between two words
Clearing leading and trailing blanks from a string in C Shell
Convert mutiple spaces file to single tab