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unexpand - unexpand

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

NAME

unexpand − unexpand

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.

OPTIONS

−a, −−all

convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks

−f, −−first−only

convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides −a)

−t, −−tabs <N, LIST>

use comma separated LIST of tab positions or have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables −a)

−U, −−no−utf8

interpret input file as 8−bit ASCII rather than UTF−8

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


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