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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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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.




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User Commands                                         UNEXPAND(1)



SEE ALSO
     expand(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.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  file/gnu-coreutils |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http://opensolaris.org.





























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