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FMT(1)                           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 pre-
              fix 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
       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;
AUTHOR
       Written by Ross Paterson.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2013 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 com-
       mand
              info coreutils 'fmt invocation'
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.22               November 2020                          FMT(1)