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---
syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# unexpand
> Convert spaces to tabs.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand>.
- 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 {{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 {{number}} {{path/to/file}}`