NAME
fmt - simple optimal text formatter
SYNOPSIS
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) | |
| --help | display this help and exit |
| --version | |
| output version information and exit | |
AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
REPORTING BUGS
Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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.
SEE ALSO
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' | |
