fmt - simple optimal text formatter
fmt [
-WIDTH] [
OPTION]... [
FILE]...
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option
-WIDTH is an abbreviated form of
--width=
DIGITS.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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
Written by Ross Paterson.
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Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
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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.
Full documentation <
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fmt invocation'