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FMT(1)									FMT(1)

NAME
       fmt - simple text formatters

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [-cs] [-w width | -width] [inputfile]...

DESCRIPTION
       fmt  is	a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines  to produce
       output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified  in  the  -w
       width option. The default  width is 72. fmt concatenates the inputfiles
       listed as arguments. If none are given, fmt formats text from the stan‐
       dard input.

       Blank  lines  are  preserved  in	 the output, as is the spacing between
       words.  fmt does not fill nor split lines beginning with a  `.'	(dot),
       for  compatibility  with	 nroff(1).  Nor does it fill or split a set of
       contiguous non-blank lines which is determined to be a mail header, the
       first line of which must begin with "From".

       Indentation  is preserved in the output, and input lines with differing
       indentation are not joined (unless -c is used).

       fmt can also be used as an in-line text filter for vi(1). The  vi  com‐
       mand:

       !}fmt

       reformats the text between the cursor location and the end of the para‐
       graph.

OPTIONS
       -c
			    Crown margin mode. Preserve the indentation of the
			    first  two lines within a paragraph, and align the
			    left margin of each subsequent line with  that  of
			    the	 second	 line. This is useful for tagged para‐
			    graphs.

       -s
			    Split lines only. Do not join short lines to  form
			    longer  ones.  This prevents sample lines of code,
			    and other such formatted text, from	 being	unduly
			    combined.

       -w width | -width
			    Fill output lines to up to	width columns.

OPERANDS
       inputfile
		    Input file.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  environ(5)	for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable
       that affects the execution of fmt.

SEE ALSO
       nroff(1), vi(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES
       The -width option is acceptable for BSD compatibility, but  it  may  go
       away in future releases.

				  May 9, 1997				FMT(1)
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