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fmt - simple optimal text formatter
fmt [-DIGITS] [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard
output. If no FILE or if FILE is ‘-’, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments
to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -c, --crown-margin
- preserve
indentation of first two lines
- -p, --prefix=STRING
- reformat only lines beginning
with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
- -s, --split-only
- split
long lines, but do not refill
- -t, --tagged-paragraph
- indentation of first line
different from second
- -u, --uniform-spacing
- one space between words, two after
sentences
- -w, --width=WIDTH
- maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Written by Ross
Paterson.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The full documentation
for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and fmt programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
- info coreutils ’fmt invocation’
should give you access to the complete manual.
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