FMT

fmt ? simple optimal text formatter

fmt [-DIGITS] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. If no FILE or if 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

combine only lines having STRING as prefix

?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=NUMBER

maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

??help

display this help and exit

??version

output version information and exit

In ?wNUMBER, the letter ‘w’ may be omitted.

Written by Ross Paterson.

Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The full documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and fmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info fmt

should give you access to the complete manual.