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⚡ TLDR: unexpand (tldr-pages)

Convert spaces to tabs.

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}}

UNEXPAND(1) User Commands UNEXPAND(1)

NAME
unexpand - convert spaces to tabs

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.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

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

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

-t, --tabs=N
have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a)

-t, --tabs=LIST
use comma separated list of tab positions The last specified position can be prefixed
with '/' to specify a tab size to use after the last explicitly specified tab stop.
Also a prefix of '+' can be used to align remaining tab stops relative to the last
specified tab stop instead of the first column

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

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