fmt

 

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 User Commands                                              fmt(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      fmt - simple text formatters
 


SYNOPSIS
      fmt [ -cs ]  [ -w width | -width ]  [ inputfile ... ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      fmt is a simple text formatter that fills  and  joins  lines
      to  produce output lines of (up to) the number of characters
      specified in the -w width option. The default  width is  72.
      fmt concatenates the inputfiles listed as arguments. If none
      are given, fmt formats text from the standard input.
 
      Blank lines are preserved in the output, as is  the  spacing
      between  words.  fmt does not fill nor split lines beginning
      with a `.' (dot), for compatibility with
       nroff(1). Nor does it fill or split  a  set  of  contiguous
      non-blank lines which is determined to be a mail header, the
      first line of which must begin with "From".
 
      Indentation is preserved in the output, and input lines with
      differing indentation are not joined (unless -c is used).
 
      fmt can also be used as an in-line text  filter  for  vi(1).
      The  vi command:
 
           !}fmt
 
 
      reformats the text between the cursor location and  the  end
      of the paragraph.
 


OPTIONS
      -c    Crown margin mode. Preserve  the  indentation  of  the
            first two lines within a paragraph, and align the left
            margin of each subsequent line with that of the second
            line. This is useful for tagged paragraphs.
 
      -s    Split lines only. Do not  join  short  lines  to  form
            longer  ones.  This prevents sample lines of code, and
            other such formatted text, from being unduly combined.
 
      -w width | -width
            Fill output lines to up to  width columns.
 


OPERANDS
      inputfile
            Input file.
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment
      variable that affects the execution of fmt.
 
 
 
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 User Commands                                              fmt(1)
 
 
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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SEE ALSO
      nroff(1), vi(1), attributes(5), environ(5)
 


NOTES
      The -width option is acceptable for BSD  compatibility,  but
      it may go away in future releases.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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