unexpand

all

Convert spaces to tabs.

Options (2)

-a, --allboolean

Convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks

Example: unexpand {{[-a|--all]}} {{path/to/file}}

-t, --tabsboolean

Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8 (enables -a)

Example: unexpand {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{number}} {{path/to/file}}

Convert blanks in each file to tabs, writing to `stdout`

unexpand path/to/file

Convert blanks to tabs, reading from `stdout`

unexpand

Convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks

unexpand [-a|--all] path/to/file

Convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a)

unexpand --first-only path/to/file

Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8 (enables -a)

unexpand [-t|--tabs] number path/to/file