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2 .TH FMT "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
7 [\fI\,-WIDTH\/\fR] [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
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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=\fI\,DIGITS\/\fR.
14 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
16 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
18 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
19 preserve indentation of first two lines
21 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
22 reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
23 reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
25 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
26 split long lines, but do not refill
28 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
29 indentation of first line different from second
31 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
32 one space between words, two after sentences
34 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,WIDTH\/\fR
35 maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
37 \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-goal\fR=\fI\,WIDTH\/\fR
38 goal width (default of 93% of width)
41 display this help and exit
44 output version information and exit
46 Written by Ross Paterson.
48 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
50 Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
52 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
53 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
55 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
56 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
58 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
60 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) fmt invocation\(aq