> From: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: unexpand -t4 converts too much whitespace to tabs > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:33:43 +0200 > > "Charles Karney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Interior white space is converted in this example > > $ echo 'a b' | unexpand -t4 | tr '\t' X > > aXb > > That is according to the documentation -- at least the documentation > in the latest releases. > Here's part of the --help output from unexpand in coreutils-5.0.1, > this means it's in the automatically-generated man page, too: > > -t, --tabs=N have tabs N characters apart instead of 8 (enables -a)
OK. Somehow the documentation with my version (2.0.21) is out of sync with the code. -t implying -a is documented in the info file but not in the man page or the --help output. Also the option --first-only is supported but undocumented. Maybe this is a Linux-specific packaging problem. So I need $ echo 'a b' | unexpand -t4 --first-only | tr '\t' X A minor suggestion: I recommend keeping the options for expand and unexpand parallel to one another where sensible. I.e., --first-only should be renamed --initial or -i. (And that's what I tried yesterday in the faced of this apparent bug!). Thanks for your help. -- Charles Karney Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sarnoff Corporation Phone: +1 609 734 2312 Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 Fax: +1 609 734 2323 _______________________________________________ Bug-textutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
