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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

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report unexpand bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report	 unexpand    translation   bugs	  to   <http://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

       Packaged by Gentoo (8.21 (p1.0))
       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 8.21		 February 2013			   UNEXPAND(1)

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