Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell

Name

unexpand

Synopsis

unexpand [options] [files]

Converts strings of initial whitespace, consisting of at least two spaces and/or tabs to tabs. Reads from standard input if given no file or a given file named -. See also expand .

Option

-a

Convert all, not just initial, strings of spaces and tabs.

-t tab1 , tab2 ,..., tabn

Set tab stops at tab1, tab2, etc. If only tab1 is specified, sets tab stops every tab1 spaces.