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User Commands                                              FMT(1)



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

     With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR
     Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  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

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  file/gnu-coreutils |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http://opensolaris.org.























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