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- unexpand - convert spaces to tabs
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- uunneexxppaanndd [-tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-t tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [-a]
- [--tabs=tab1[,tab2[,...]]] [--all] [--help] [--version]
- [file...]
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- This manual page documents the GNU version of uunneexxppaanndd.
- uunneexxppaanndd writes the contents of each given file, or the
- standard input if none are given or when a file named `-'
- is given, to the standard output, with strings of two or
- more space or tab characters converted to as many tabs as
- possible followed by as many spaces as are needed. By
- default, uunneexxppaanndd converts only initial spaces and tabs
- (those that precede all non space or tab characters) on
- each line. It preserves backspace characters in the out-
- put; they decrement the column count for tab calculations.
- By default, tabs are set at every 8th column.
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- OOPPTTIIOONNSS
- _-_, _-_t_, _-_-_t_a_b_s _t_a_b_1_[_,_t_a_b_2_[_,_._._._]_]
- If only one tab stop is given, set the tabs _t_a_b_1
- spaces apart instead of the default 8. Otherwise,
- set the tabs at columns _t_a_b_1, _t_a_b_2, etc. (numbered
- from 0) and leave spaces and tabs beyond the tab-
- stops given unchanged. If the tabstops are speci-
- fied with the _-_t or _-_-_t_a_b_s option, they can be sep-
- arated by blanks as well as by commas. This option
- implies the _-_a option.
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- _-_a_, _-_-_a_l_l
- Convert all strings of two or more spaces or tabs,
- not just initial ones, to tabs.
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- _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
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- _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
- Print version information on standard error then
- exit.
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