unexpand.1 (826B)
1 .Dd October 8, 2015 2 .Dt UNEXPAND 1 3 .Os sbase 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm unexpand 6 .Nd unexpand spaces to tabs 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Op Fl a 10 .Op Fl t Ar tablist 11 .Op Ar file ... 12 .Sh DESCRIPTION 13 .Nm 14 converts spaces to tabs in each 15 .Ar file 16 as specified in 17 .Ar tablist . 18 If no file is given, 19 .Nm 20 reads from stdin. 21 .Pp 22 Backspace characters are preserved and decrement the column count 23 for tab calculations. 24 .Sh OPTIONS 25 .Bl -tag -width Ds 26 .It Fl a 27 Convert spaces to tabs everywhere, not just at the start of lines. 28 .It Fl t Ar tablist 29 Specify tab size or tabstops. 30 .Ar tablist 31 is a list of one (in the former case) or multiple (in the latter case) 32 strictly positive integers separated by ' ' or ','. 33 .Pp 34 The default 35 .Ar tablist 36 is "8". 37 .El 38 .Sh SEE ALSO 39 .Xr expand 1 40 .Sh STANDARDS 41 The 42 .Nm 43 utility is compliant with the 44 .St -p1003.1-2013 45 specification.