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Manual: rust-unexpand

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NAME
       unexpand	 -  Convert  blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
       standard input.

SYNOPSIS
       unexpand [-a|--all] [-f|--first-only] [-t|--tabs] [-U|--no-utf8] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]

DESCRIPTION
       Convert blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output.	 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard	 in‐
       put.

OPTIONS
       -a, --all
	      convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks

       -f, --first-only
	      convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a)

       -t, --tabs 
	      use comma separated LIST of tab positions or have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a)

       -U, --no-utf8
	      interpret input file as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						 UNEXPAND(1)