## 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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report unexpand translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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 (aq(coreutils) unexpand invocation(aq