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- @.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
- .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
- .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
- .\"
- .\" @@(#)fmt.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
- .\"
- .TH FMT 1 "April 29, 1985"
- .UC
- .SH NAME
- fmt \- simple text formatter
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B fmt
- [
- name ...
- ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .I Fmt
- is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
- files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on
- standard output a version of its input with lines as close to
- 72 characters long as possible. The spacing at the beginning
- of the input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines
- and interword spacing.
- .PP
- .I Fmt
- is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
- for other simple tasks.
- For instance,
- within visual mode of the
- .I ex
- editor (e.g.
- .IR vi )
- the command
- .br
- !}fmt
- .br
- will reformat a paragraph,
- evening the lines.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- nroff(1), mail(1)
- .SH AUTHOR
- Kurt Shoens
- .SH BUGS
- The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
- operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.
- @
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