UNEXPAND(1)                 General Commands Manual                UNEXPAND(1)

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 [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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

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

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

       -t, --tabs <N, LIST>
              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) 0.11.0

                                  2026-09-01                       UNEXPAND(1)