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.TH FMT "1" "March 2004" "fmt (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fmt
[\fI-DIGITS\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
If no FILE or if FILE is `-', read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
preserve indentation of first two lines
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
combine only lines having STRING as prefix
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
split long lines, but do not refill
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
indentation of first line different from second
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
one space between words, two after sentences
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B fmt
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B fmt
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils fmt
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.






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