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2 .TH FMT "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
7 [\fI-DIGITS\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
12 If no FILE or if FILE is `\-', read standard input.
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)
36 display this help and exit
39 output version information and exit
41 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
43 Written by Ross Paterson.
45 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
47 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
49 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
50 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
51 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
53 The full documentation for
55 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
59 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
63 should give you access to the complete manual.