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<H1>FMT</H1>
Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: September 2019<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
fmt - simple optimal text formatter
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>fmt</B>
[<I>,-WIDTH/</I>] [<I>,OPTION/</I>]... [<I>,FILE/</I>]...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
The option <B>-WIDTH</B> is an abbreviated form of <B>--width</B>=<I>,DIGITS/</I>.
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With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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<DT id="1"><B>-c</B>, <B>--crown-margin</B><DD>
preserve indentation of first two lines
<DT id="2"><B>-p</B>, <B>--prefix</B>=<I>,STRING/</I><DD>
reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
<DT id="3"><B>-s</B>, <B>--split-only</B><DD>
split long lines, but do not refill
<DT id="4"><B>-t</B>, <B>--tagged-paragraph</B><DD>
indentation of first line different from second
<DT id="5"><B>-u</B>, <B>--uniform-spacing</B><DD>
one space between words, two after sentences
<DT id="6"><B>-w</B>, <B>--width</B>=<I>,WIDTH/</I><DD>
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
<DT id="7"><B>-g</B>, <B>--goal</B>=<I>,WIDTH/</I><DD>
goal width (default of 93% of width)
<DT id="8"><B>--help</B><DD>
display this help and exit
<DT id="9"><B>--version</B><DD>
output version information and exit
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Written by Ross Paterson.
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<H2>REPORTING BUGS</H2>
GNU coreutils online help: &lt;<A HREF="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/">https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/</A>&gt;
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Report fmt translation bugs to &lt;<A HREF="https://translationproject.org/team/">https://translationproject.org/team/</A>&gt;
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
Copyright &#169; 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later &lt;<A HREF="https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>&gt;.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
Full documentation at: &lt;<A HREF="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt">https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt</A>&gt;
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or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fmt invocation'
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