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