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

AUTHOR
     Written by	David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report unexpand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     expand(1)



GNU coreutils 7.4     Last change: May 2009			1






User Commands					      UNEXPAND(1)



     The full documentation for	unexpand is maintained as a  Tex-
     info 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.
















































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