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.TH FMT "1" "March 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fmt
[\fI-WIDTH\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
The option \fB\-WIDTH\fR is an abbreviated form of \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIDIGITS\fR.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
preserve indentation of first two lines
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
split long lines, but do not refill
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
indentation of first line different from second
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
one space between words, two after sentences
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-goal\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
goal width (default of 93% of width)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report fmt bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B fmt
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B fmt
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqfmt invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
