fmt
simple optimal text formatter
Synopsis
fmt
[-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
vi fmt fmt_setu fmt_size
fmt_marg fmt_head
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
With no FILE,
or when FILE is -, read standard input.
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report fmt translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
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.
author
Written by Ross
Paterson.