"Jie Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| I use GNU textutils 2.0 on linux.� expand converts all spaces to tabs when -a
| is not specified.� I read the document.� It says

It works fine for me:

  $ echo "        a       b       c" |unexpand |cat -A
  ^Ia       b       c$
  $ echo "        a       b       c" |unexpand -a |cat -A
  ^Ia^Ib^Ic$

Please give an example showing how it fails.

| `-a'
| `--all'
| ���� Convert all strings of two or more spaces or tabs, not just initial
| ���� ones, to tabs.
|
| Should unexpand convert only initial spaces and tabs to tabs without -a?� Is
| there any way to turn -a off?
|
| Can I search bug reports on the internet?

Yes:

  http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-textutils%40gnu.org/

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