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2 .TH FMT "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
7 [\fI-WIDTH\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
12 The option \fB\-WIDTH\fR is an abbreviated form of \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIDIGITS\fR.
14 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
16 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
17 preserve indentation of first two lines
19 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
20 reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
21 reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
23 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
24 split long lines, but do not refill
26 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
27 indentation of first line different from second
29 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
30 one space between words, two after sentences
32 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
33 maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
35 \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-goal\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
36 goal width (default of 93% of width)
39 display this help and exit
42 output version information and exit
44 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
46 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
47 Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
49 Written by Ross Paterson.
51 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
52 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
54 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
55 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
57 The full documentation for
59 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
63 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
65 .B info coreutils \(aqfmt invocation\(aq
67 should give you access to the complete manual.