unexpand.1 (588B)
1 .TH EXPAND 1 sbase\-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 unexpand \- convert blanks to tabs 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B unexpand 6 .RB [ \-a ] 7 .RB [ \-t 8 .IR n ] 9 .RI [ file ...] 10 .SH DESCRIPTION 11 unexpand processes the named files or the standard input, writing the 12 standard output with consecutive blanks (spaces and tabs) converted 13 into tabs. Backspace characters are preserved into the output and 14 decrement the column count for tab calculations. 15 .SH OPTIONS 16 .TP 17 .BI \-a 18 convert blanks to tabs everywhere, not just at the start of lines 19 .TP 20 .BI \-t " n" 21 set tab size to 22 .I n 23 spaces (default: 8) 24 .SH SEE ALSO 25 .IR expand (1)