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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.

AUTHOR
       Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.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/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 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 8.21		  March 2014				FMT(1)
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