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NAME¶
fmt - simple optimal text formatterSYNOPSIS¶
fmt [ -WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...DESCRIPTION¶
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of --width=DIGITS. 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)
- -g, --goal=WIDTH
- goal width (default of 93% of width)
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR¶
Written by Ross Paterson.REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>March 2015 | GNU coreutils 8.23 |